Russian Civil War

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The Russian Civil War was a multi-sided conflict from 1917 to the early 1920s between the Bolshevik Red Army and various anti-Bolshevik and nationalist forces that determined the establishment and consolidation of Soviet power.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict
civil war
revolutionary war
belligerent Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
surface form: Bolsheviks

Cossack forces
Green armies
Red Army
Ukrainian nationalists
White Army
White movement
anarchist forces in Ukraine
foreign interventionist forces
cause Russian Revolution
surface form: October Revolution

collapse of Russian Empire
power struggle after 1917 revolutions
commander Alexander Kolchak
Anton Denikin
Leon Trotsky
Mikhail Frunze
Nestor Makhno
Pyotr Wrangel
Vladimir Lenin
conflictType multi-sided conflict
consequence consolidation of one-party rule by Bolsheviks
economic devastation in Russia
large-scale refugee movements
massive population losses
countryInvolved Russian Empire
Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
endDate 1923
followedBy Soviet consolidation of power in the 1920s
formation of the USSR in 1922
ideologicalConflict Bolshevism vs anti-Bolshevism
socialism vs monarchism and liberalism
location Baltic states
surface form: Baltic region

Caucasus
Central Asia
European Russia
Siberia
Ukraine
mainTheater former Russian Empire
opponent Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
surface form: Bolsheviks

anti-Bolshevik forces
precededBy Russian Revolution
surface form: February Revolution

Russian Revolution
surface form: October Revolution
result Bolshevik victory
defeat of White movement
establishment of Soviet power
formation of the Soviet Union
reconquest of most territories of former Russian Empire by Bolsheviks
significantEvent Denikin offensive on Moscow
Kolchak offensive in Siberia
Kronstadt rebellion
Polish–Soviet War
Red Terror
Tambov Rebellion
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
White Terror
startDate 1917

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Boris Shaposhnikov conflict Russian Civil War
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Ivan Bagramyan conflict Russian Civil War
Mikhail Shumilov conflict Russian Civil War
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Cheka participatedIn Russian Civil War
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Mosin–Nagant rifle usedInConflict Russian Civil War
Mikhail Kirponos participatedIn Russian Civil War
Ural Cossack forces conflict Russian Civil War
Grigory Zinoviev participantIn Russian Civil War
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Sopwith Snipe usedInConflict Russian Civil War
Jan Syrový conflict Russian Civil War
Vickers machine gun usedInConflict Russian Civil War
Caspian Flotilla participatedIn Russian Civil War
Lewis machine guns usedInConflict Russian Civil War
subject surface form: Lewis machine gun
abdication of Nicholas II followedBy Russian Civil War
subject surface form: Abdication of Nicholas II
Church on the Blood in Yekaterinburg (associated site) associatedWithConflict Russian Civil War
subject surface form: Church on the Blood in Yekaterinburg
Sergei Mrachkovsky participatedIn Russian Civil War
People's Commissariat for Food timePeriod Russian Civil War
1st Cavalry Army conflict Russian Civil War
House of Special Purpose era Russian Civil War
The Man with the Gun depicts Russian Civil War
Krasnov participatedIn Russian Civil War
subject surface form: Pyotr Krasnov
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Ivan Smirnov participatedIn Russian Civil War
Porosenkov Log mass grave historicalContext Russian Civil War
Doctor Zhivago (novel) setInPeriod Russian Civil War
Yuri Zhivago setDuring Russian Civil War
Karol Świerczewski conflict Russian Civil War
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Colin Gubbins conflict Russian Civil War
Lara Antipova settingPeriod Russian Civil War
Rudolf Abel conflict Russian Civil War
Alexander Antonov conflict Russian Civil War
Vasily Sokolovsky conflict Russian Civil War
Frunze participantIn Russian Civil War
subject surface form: Mikhail Frunze
Russian State (Omsk Government) conflict Russian Civil War
Russian Army in South Russia conflict Russian Civil War