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Course of Russian Civil War (1918 (May - Aug 1918 (June 1918 (Sept - Nov…

- - - - 1919
        
        the white offensives were non coordinated
        
        Trotsky, as War Commissar, dealt with them separately
        
        Foreign powers began to withdraw troops
        
        most were gone by the end of 1919
      - the most dangerous period for the Communists
        
        they faced several White offensives
      - situation looked dire
        
        Lenin proposed withdrawal from Petrograd
        
        Trotsky persuaded the Central Committee against this
    - - 1920
        
        Dec 1920
        
        last White Army evacuated from the Crimea
        
        Admiral Kolchak captured and executed
  - - - Sept - Nov 1918
        
        Bolsheviks counter-attacked the Czechs
        
        Recaptured Kazan - 300 miles East of Moscow
        
        Nov: Admiral Kolchak took control of the White forces in the East
      - Foreign powers began to send troops to Russia