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The Impact of the Russian Civil War - Coggle Diagram
The Impact of the Russian Civil War
The power of the Red Army
Frustration and suffering of WW1
Hope for the peasantry
Consolidated Trotsky/Lenin
War Communism
propaganda - some were idealogical believers
fear red army
Economic impact
Nationalism and regionalism
Famine and starvation
Cossaks etc stopped following
Peasents recruited by Reds
The Failure of the Establishment
Weakness of the Tsardom
Long term economic weakness
Whites strengths were often urban
Sheer size of Russia posed issues
Access to resources
Leaders did not share same agenda
some democrats
Some autocrats
The impact of external forces
Czechs had their agenda
Churchill and other foreign powers politically motivated
Little appetite for long term war and foreign invovement
Easier for Reds to win hearts and minds
Supply chain easier for Reds
Whites using foreign backing could weaken them
Reds strengths
Organised
idealogicallly commited
Effective propaganda
Easily identifiable enemy both external and internal
Inspiring charismatic leader
Ruthless
Willing to use extreme means
Secret Police/Cheka
Other factors
Global recession
global pandemic (Spanish Flu)
idealogical support elsewhere
powerful peace lobby globally
Russia not part of league
Russia's withdrawel had caused its own issues