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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Green armies canonical | 1 |
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
ⓘ
Russian SFSR ⓘ
surface form:
Soviet Russia
|
| motivatedBy |
defense of local interests
ⓘ
peasant autonomy ⓘ resistance to grain requisitions ⓘ |
| opposedPolicy |
War Communism
ⓘ
forced requisitioning of grain ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
ⓘ
surface form:
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)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.