WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who won the Russian Civil War?
A
Reds (led by Lenin, supported Communist/Bolshevik ideas)
B
Whites (wanted to stay in the world war)
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Russian Civil War ended in 1923 with Lenin’s Red Army claiming victory and establishing the Soviet Union. After many years of violence and political unrest, the Russian Revolution paved the way for the rise of communism as an influential political belief system around the world.

Detailed explanation-2: -In short, the Bolsheviks were able to win the Russian Civil War because the Whites failed to secure the support of the different national groups, key foreign powers, and the peasantry, while Bolsheviks enjoyed much more authority within Russia and were therefore able to assert their power over the Whites.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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-5: -The guiding spirit of the revolution was Lenin, who came from the intelligentsia and had spent his life not in manual work but in writing and speaking.

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