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Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was an internal conflict in Russia from 1917 to 1922, which resulted in the collapse of the Russian Empire, and the establishment of the Soviet Union. The revolutionaries were communist Bolsheviks, known as "Reds", while the internationally-backed tsarists were known as "Whites". All of the 'Allies' of World War I fought against the fledgling country for years, 14 countries altogether. Allied intervention began as early as 1918, while WWI was still being fought, and Japan fought on unsuccessfully until 1925.[1][2]
Many pro-independence movements emerged after the break-up of the Russian Empire and fought in the war.[3] A number of them – Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland – were established as sovereign states. The rest of the former Russian Empire was consolidated into the Soviet Union with the success of the Bolsheviks shortly afterwards.
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- ↑ Guarding the Railroad, Taming the Cossacks-The U.S. Army in Russia, 1918 - 1920 Gibson Bell Smith
- ↑ Beyer, Rick (2003). The Greatest Stories Never Told. A&E Television Networks / The History Channel. ISBN 0-06-001401-6.
- ↑ Bullock, p. 7 "Peripheral regions of the former Russian Empire that had broken away to form new nations had to fight for independence: Finland, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia and Azerbaijan." -David Bullock. The Russian Civil War 1918–22. Osprey Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1-84603-271-4
