HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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A civil war broke out between the white army and the red army
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Russia bombed America
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Russia built the first space shuttle
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Russian Civil War, which broke out in 1918 shortly after the October Revolution, was fought mainly between the “Reds, ‘’ led by the Bolsheviks, and the “Whites, ‘’ a politically-diverse coalition of anti-Bolsheviks.
Detailed explanation-2: -The two largest combatants were the Red Army, fighting for the Bolshevik form of socialism led by Vladimir Lenin, and the loosely allied forces known as the White Army, which included diverse interests favouring political monarchism, capitalism and social democracy, each with democratic and anti-democratic variants.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Russian Civil War (1918-21) was a long struggle for the control of Russia. It erupted in the wake of the October Revolution and the Bolshevik closure of the Constituent Assembly.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Red Army was made up of people who supported Lenin and the establishment of socialism in Russia whereas the White Army was composed of Tsarists who remained faithful to the Imperial family and refused the victory of Bolsheviks.
Detailed explanation-5: -Post-Civil War The defeated anti-Bolshevik Russians went into exile, congregating in Belgrade, Berlin, Paris, Harbin, Istanbul, and Shanghai. They established military and cultural networks that lasted through World War II (1939–1945), e.g., the Russian community in Harbin and the Russian community in Shanghai.