HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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the Whites were not unified.
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the Red Army was well organized.
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American, British, and Japanese troops aided them.
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War communism made sure the Red Army was fed.
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Detailed explanation-1: -During this time, the Bolsheviks faced massive opposition to their rule in the form of the White Armies, led by former officers of the Tsarist state, and also from intervention by the forces of foreign countries. Yet, by the start of 1921, the Bolsheviks had defeated their enemies and gained a complete victory.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Red Army was the military force of the Bolshevik regime and the Soviet republic. It was formed in 1918 to defend the new regime during the Russian Civil War.
Detailed explanation-3: -Answer. Causes of the civil war were: (i) When Bolsheviks ordered land re distributiion, the Russian army began to break up. (ii) Soldiers, mostly peasants, wished to go home for the redistribution and deserted. (iii) Non Bolshevik socialists, liberals and supporters of autocracy condemned the Bolshevik uprising.
Detailed explanation-4: -A The redistribution of land by the Bolsheviks. B The ideological clash between the Bolshevik and non-Bolshevik principles of socialism. D The fear of the spread of communism, harboured by western European countries. The redistribution of land by the Bolsheviks created massive turmoil across Russia.
Detailed explanation-5: -Autocratic rule of Tsars: In 1914, the Russian emperor was Tsar Nicholas II. Conditions of Peasants: Majority of the Russians were agriculturalists. Status of Industries: Industry was found in pockets. More items