RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
MAJOR EVENTS IN PRE REVOLUTION RUSSIA
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Bolsheviks and other revolutionaries.
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German refugees from World War I.
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armies from France, Britain, and the United States.
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tsarist officers, democrats, and other anti-Bolsheviks.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The White armies (also known as the ‘White Guards’ or ‘Whites’) were counter-revolutionary groups that participated in the Russian Civil War. These White armies fought against the Bolshevik Red Army for control of Russia.
Detailed explanation-2: -To help the White Army, troops from Britain, France, Japan and the United States were sent into Russia. By December, 1918, there were 200, 000 foreign soldiers supporting the anti-Bolshevik forces. The Red Army continued to grow and now had over 500, 000 soldiers in its ranks.
Detailed explanation-3: -The White Armies were made up of soldiers from the French, British, Japanese, and US armies and their Russian conscripts. The Russian section of the White Army was led by former czarist officers, and members of the Cadet party, right-wing Mensheviks, and right-wing Socialist revolutionaries.
Detailed explanation-4: -The White Army represented the pro Tsarists. Although the Whites gained their support from Britain, France, Japan and the USA, the Red Army defeated the White Army and won the civil war by 1920.