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THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR AND FOREIGN INTERVENTION - Coggle Diagram
THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR AND FOREIGN INTERVENTION
After years of war
months of revolutionary upheaval
economic situation in Russia
chaotic
opposition of certain political sectors
to the revolutionary decrees
led to the emergence
counterrevolutionary armed groups
As early as 1918
came to control
large outlying
rural regions of Russia
the growing power of the Bolsheviks
Foreign powers saw the October Revolution
serious threat
it aspired to create
communist society without social classes
While Russia left the war
and announced that debts
contracted by tsar
wouldn't be paid
were detrimental
to the Triple Entente allies
Soviets made no secret of the intention
to extend revolution to whole world
Lenin understood
this was the only way to success
All above factors
led many countries intervine
in Russian militarily
to end revolution
The ones who send troops
to Russian counterrrevolutionaries
in a civil war
were
Americans
French
British
Japanese
Civil war (1918-1923)
Fought by 2 groups
White army
made up of counterrevolutionaries
had the backing of foreign powers
Red army
organised by the revolutionary government
To confront the successful counterrevolutionary
and foreign offensives
which greatly reduced the size
of the territory controlled by the Soviets
Sovnarkom created
Red Army
discipline and revolutionary motivation
of Soviet troops
changed the course of the war
troops prevailed in 1921
minor clashes followed in
Siberia
Far East
lasting until 1923
The Soviet State
From a political point of view
civil war helped to consolidate
regime that emerged from
October Revolution
counterrevolutionary forces were led
by former aristocrats
by landowners
who wished
to regain power and wealth
presence of foreign armies
still perceived as an aggression
despite chaos and enormous hardship
revolutionary institutions were consolidated
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
formed in 1922
On an economic level
response to the war situation
was a policy called War Communism
state militarised industry
seized food
imposed forced labour
Although it meant
troops always had supplies
Model disastrous for the people
Most people went hungry
protests spread
even among members of the Communist Party
could win on the battlefield
To control situation
government consolidated a one-party dictatorship
Congress of Soviets controlled by
Bolsheviks
Secret Police (Cheka)
persecuted
dissidents
critics
counterrevolutionaries
At the end of the civil war
economic situation was critical
The solution was
New Economic Policy
as a mixed system
combining elements of
capitalism
Socialism
It lasted from 1921 to 1928
was a remarkable economic recovery
resulging in
increase of agricultural production
emergence of wealthy agricultural owners
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electrification plan of the Soviet Union
was carried out
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Lenin died in January 1924
first stage of Soviet history was closed
In his last writings
expressed concern for the failure
of the long-awaited world revolution
criticised the Soviet state
he was leaving behind
also warned about the problems
could arise with two
of the most important members
of the Soviet Government
Totsky
Stalin
