Green armies
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The Green armies were loosely organized peasant-based militias in the Russian Civil War that fought against both the Red and White forces, often to defend local interests and resist requisitions.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed movement
→
irregular military force → peasant militia → |
| conflict |
Russian Civil War
→
|
| country |
Russia
→
|
| differentiatesFrom |
Red Army
→
White movement → |
| endCause |
Soviet consolidation of power
→
amnesties and repression by Soviet authorities → military defeat → |
| hasCause |
economic hardship during civil war
→
peasant discontent → |
| hasCharacteristic |
fragmentation
→
lack of centralized command → localism → rural base → |
| hasPart |
local self-defense units
→
peasant detachments → |
| location |
Russian Empire
→
Soviet Russia → |
| motivatedBy |
defense of local interests
→
peasant autonomy → resistance to grain requisitions → |
| opposedPolicy |
War Communism
→
forced requisitioning of grain → |
| opposedTo |
Bolsheviks
→
Red Army → White armies → White movement → |
| organizationalStructure |
loosely organized
→
|
| partOf |
peasant uprisings in Russian Civil War
→
|
| politicalPosition |
Third force in Russian Civil War
→
anti-Bolshevik → anti-White → |
| relatedTo |
Tambov Rebellion
→
peasant insurgency in Russia → |
| socialClassBase |
peasants
→
|
| timePeriod |
1918
→
1919 → 1920 → early 1920s → |
| usedTactic |
guerrilla warfare
→
partisan warfare → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Russian Civil War
→
|
belligerent |