Articles related to "Russian Civil War"
Lenin And The Red Terror
Lenin and the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia as a consequence of the October Revolution during 1917. They faced many opponents determined to end their regime.
lenin • red terror • red army • bolsheviks • russian revolution
Lenin and the Bolsheviks seized power in Russia as a consequence of the October Revolution during 1917. They faced many opponents determined to end their regime.
lenin • red terror • red army • bolsheviks • russian revolution
Russia's Search for Liberty: Part IV. The New Regimes
After the tsar abdicates, chaos reigns, peasants prevail, and tyranny soon returns.
russian revolution • lenin • stalin • russian civil war • new economic plan
After the tsar abdicates, chaos reigns, peasants prevail, and tyranny soon returns.
russian revolution • lenin • stalin • russian civil war • new economic plan
The Cheka in Russia 1917-1922
Like all authoritarian regimes, the Bolsheviks created their own secret police, the Cheka, who brutally repressed any counter-revolutionary activity.
lenin • bolshevik revolution • the cheka • russian civil war • red terror
Like all authoritarian regimes, the Bolsheviks created their own secret police, the Cheka, who brutally repressed any counter-revolutionary activity.
lenin • bolshevik revolution • the cheka • russian civil war • red terror
The White Russian Armies 1917-1923
The Russian Civil War pitted communist Red armies against counter-revolutionary White armies in a six year long armed struggle. This is a look at those White forces.
provisional government • alexander kerensky • bolshevik red army • anti-bolshevik • russian civil war
The Russian Civil War pitted communist Red armies against counter-revolutionary White armies in a six year long armed struggle. This is a look at those White forces.
provisional government • alexander kerensky • bolshevik red army • anti-bolshevik • russian civil war
Formation of the Red Army Cavalry
The 1st Cavalry Army of General Budyonny was formed in 1918 to give the Red Army a mobile striking force and rapid reaction reserve in the Russian Civil War.
red army • russian civil war • kransov • mammotov • shkuro
The 1st Cavalry Army of General Budyonny was formed in 1918 to give the Red Army a mobile striking force and rapid reaction reserve in the Russian Civil War.
red army • russian civil war • kransov • mammotov • shkuro
20th Century Genghis Khan
The crazy life of white russian Major General Baron Ungern von Sternberg, psychopathic warlord of Mongolia and Military Buddhist
sternberg • ungern-sternberg • ungern • russian • cavalry
The crazy life of white russian Major General Baron Ungern von Sternberg, psychopathic warlord of Mongolia and Military Buddhist
sternberg • ungern-sternberg • ungern • russian • cavalry
Czech Volunteers in Russia WWI
The Czech Legion started from humble beginnings in 1914 and ended up as one of the last reliable units on the World War One Eastern Front.
czechoslovak legions • 1914 • 1915 • 1917 • 1918
The Czech Legion started from humble beginnings in 1914 and ended up as one of the last reliable units on the World War One Eastern Front.
czechoslovak legions • 1914 • 1915 • 1917 • 1918
Death of the Romanov Family
Despite rumours, myths, and legends that a couple of the princesses survived and escaped it now appears that the entire Romanov family was summarily executed.
russia • romanov dynasty • lenin • russian civil war • nicholas ii
Despite rumours, myths, and legends that a couple of the princesses survived and escaped it now appears that the entire Romanov family was summarily executed.
russia • romanov dynasty • lenin • russian civil war • nicholas ii
The False Dmitri's of Russia
Around the turn of the seventeenth century, during Russia's "Time of Troubles," several men arose pretending to be the slain heir to the Russian throne, Dmitri Ivanovich.
false dmitri • ivan the terrible • russian history • interesting russian stories • time of troubles
Around the turn of the seventeenth century, during Russia's "Time of Troubles," several men arose pretending to be the slain heir to the Russian throne, Dmitri Ivanovich.
false dmitri • ivan the terrible • russian history • interesting russian stories • time of troubles
The Northern White Army 1918-1920
Centered in the frozen wind-swept White Sea region, a small force of White troops held out against the Reds with the help of a few thousand Interventionist troops.
allied forces • murmansk • archangel • general ek miller • admiral kolchak
Centered in the frozen wind-swept White Sea region, a small force of White troops held out against the Reds with the help of a few thousand Interventionist troops.
allied forces • murmansk • archangel • general ek miller • admiral kolchak
The Accidental Army Documentary
The 1914-1920 Czech Legion is the focus of a new documentary entitled "The Accidental Army: The Amazing True Story of the Czechoslovak Legion" by the Czech Legion Project
czech legion • freedom fighters • czech legion project • “the accidental army" • the amazing true story of the czechoslovak legion
The 1914-1920 Czech Legion is the focus of a new documentary entitled "The Accidental Army: The Amazing True Story of the Czechoslovak Legion" by the Czech Legion Project
czech legion • freedom fighters • czech legion project • “the accidental army" • the amazing true story of the czechoslovak legion
The Northwestern White Army 1919
The smallest and shortest-lived of the White Armies; it came closest to capturing the old capital of St Petersburg in a brief campaign in 1919.
white russians • white guard • estonia • general yudenich • bokhenskoy
The smallest and shortest-lived of the White Armies; it came closest to capturing the old capital of St Petersburg in a brief campaign in 1919.
white russians • white guard • estonia • general yudenich • bokhenskoy
Baratov's Corps Combat Record
Baratov's cavalry corps in Persia, forgotten and far from home during the Russian Revolution, refused to stop fighting during World War One.
cossacks persia • world war one persia • wwi persia • tabriz • cossacks iran
Baratov's cavalry corps in Persia, forgotten and far from home during the Russian Revolution, refused to stop fighting during World War One.
cossacks persia • world war one persia • wwi persia • tabriz • cossacks iran
The Cavalry Corps of Gen Baratov
Composition and origins of the Russian Imperial Army's 1st Caucasian Cavalry Corps of General NN Baratov fighting the Turks in Persia during World War One.
cossacks persia • world war one persia • wwi persia • tabriz • cossacks iran
Composition and origins of the Russian Imperial Army's 1st Caucasian Cavalry Corps of General NN Baratov fighting the Turks in Persia during World War One.
cossacks persia • world war one persia • wwi persia • tabriz • cossacks iran
The Combat Record of the Konarmia
The 1st Cavalry Army of General Budyonny fought the Whites, Poles, Armenians, Greens, and everyone else in the Russian Civil War.
red army • russian civil war • tachanka • kransov • mammotov
The 1st Cavalry Army of General Budyonny fought the Whites, Poles, Armenians, Greens, and everyone else in the Russian Civil War.
red army • russian civil war • tachanka • kransov • mammotov
The Czech Legion 1917-1920
Growing from a unit of volunteers that fought for the Tsar against the Hapsburg Empire, these 50,000 Czechs fought an amazing campaign for survival.
czechoslovak legions • 1914 • 1915 • 1917 • 1918
Growing from a unit of volunteers that fought for the Tsar against the Hapsburg Empire, these 50,000 Czechs fought an amazing campaign for survival.
czechoslovak legions • 1914 • 1915 • 1917 • 1918
The Southern White Army 1917-1920
Under the protection of the Cossacks and aided by a corps of Interventionists, the AFSR White Army of the South fought for three bloody years until defeated.
ukraine • don cossacks • kuban cossacks • kaliden • kransov
Under the protection of the Cossacks and aided by a corps of Interventionists, the AFSR White Army of the South fought for three bloody years until defeated.
ukraine • don cossacks • kuban cossacks • kaliden • kransov
Admiral Stark at Vladivostok 1922
At the end of the Russian Civil War an elderly Admiral called back from retirement led a broken down fleet of stolen ships loaded with refugees to safety.
russian vice-admiral • russian siberian squadron • white russian vladivostok • last russian fleet • end of russian civil war
At the end of the Russian Civil War an elderly Admiral called back from retirement led a broken down fleet of stolen ships loaded with refugees to safety.
russian vice-admiral • russian siberian squadron • white russian vladivostok • last russian fleet • end of russian civil war
Allied Interventionists in Russia
The Armies of Britain, France, the US, Greece, Japan, Serbia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Italy, and Canada intervened in the Russian Civil War each for their own motive.
allied intervention • interventionst russia • detail interventionists • toe russia expeditionary force • belgian armored car company
The Armies of Britain, France, the US, Greece, Japan, Serbia, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Italy, and Canada intervened in the Russian Civil War each for their own motive.
allied intervention • interventionst russia • detail interventionists • toe russia expeditionary force • belgian armored car company
Krasnaia Red Presnia Uprising
What started off as a strike ended up with artillery and the Tsarist Imperial Guard putting down a full fledged revolt that forever after left the Presnia district Red.
1905 • russian revolution • russian civil war • 1905 moscow • moscow revolt
What started off as a strike ended up with artillery and the Tsarist Imperial Guard putting down a full fledged revolt that forever after left the Presnia district Red.
1905 • russian revolution • russian civil war • 1905 moscow • moscow revolt
The Ise Class Battleships 1916-1945
Born in the First World War and converted in peacetime, these durable and proud battleships found their end at the close of the Second World War.
japanese battleship • japanese carrier • ise class battleships • ise • hyuga
Born in the First World War and converted in peacetime, these durable and proud battleships found their end at the close of the Second World War.
japanese battleship • japanese carrier • ise class battleships • ise • hyuga
The Red Army 1917-1923
Formed from mutinous soldiers, armed factory workers and peasant conscripts, the Red Army prevailed through force of arms in the six-year-long Russian Civil War.
red army • army order number 1 • red guards • raboche-krest'yanskaya krasnaya armiya • rkka
Formed from mutinous soldiers, armed factory workers and peasant conscripts, the Red Army prevailed through force of arms in the six-year-long Russian Civil War.
red army • army order number 1 • red guards • raboche-krest'yanskaya krasnaya armiya • rkka
The Siberian White Army 1918-1923
Fighting alongside 50,000 homeless Czech legionnaires and 70,000 Japanese troops the White forces under Admiral Kolchak fought the longest of any.
orenberg cossacks • general dutov • siberian cossacks • semenov • baron ungern-sternberg
Fighting alongside 50,000 homeless Czech legionnaires and 70,000 Japanese troops the White forces under Admiral Kolchak fought the longest of any.
orenberg cossacks • general dutov • siberian cossacks • semenov • baron ungern-sternberg
Sapajou, Cartoonist of Old Shanghai
Sapajou's cartoons for the North China Daily News made him internationally famous. But World war II ended Shanghai's heyday-- and Sapajou's career.
white russians • north china daily news • eastern front world war one • czar nicholas ii shanghai • cartoonist
Sapajou's cartoons for the North China Daily News made him internationally famous. But World war II ended Shanghai's heyday-- and Sapajou's career.
white russians • north china daily news • eastern front world war one • czar nicholas ii shanghai • cartoonist
Interventionists in the Far East
Japanese troops, assisted by the British, French and Americans, occupied the Russian far east for several years during the Russian Civil War.
intervention force • interventionists • allied interventionist • american expeditionary force siberia • major general ws graves
Japanese troops, assisted by the British, French and Americans, occupied the Russian far east for several years during the Russian Civil War.
intervention force • interventionists • allied interventionist • american expeditionary force siberia • major general ws graves
Modern Military Duels
While the ancient blood feud known as the duel was in decline in Western Europe it was on the rise elsewhere.
duel • duels • duelist • personal combat • judicial combat
While the ancient blood feud known as the duel was in decline in Western Europe it was on the rise elsewhere.
duel • duels • duelist • personal combat • judicial combat
Russian Women's Legion of Death
The organization, war record, and short-lived history of the battalions of the Russian Women's Legion of Death that fought in World War One and the Russian Revolution.
womans battalion • woman's battalion • women's legion • female soldier • army girl
The organization, war record, and short-lived history of the battalions of the Russian Women's Legion of Death that fought in World War One and the Russian Revolution.
womans battalion • woman's battalion • women's legion • female soldier • army girl
Why did Marxism - Leninism Affect Russia?
Marxism - Leninism would become the official ideology of the Soviet Union which was basically Tzarist Russia minus Finland, Poland and the Baltic States.
lenin • civil war • and stalin • the first world war • why did marxism / leninism affect russia?
Marxism - Leninism would become the official ideology of the Soviet Union which was basically Tzarist Russia minus Finland, Poland and the Baltic States.
lenin • civil war • and stalin • the first world war • why did marxism / leninism affect russia?
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918
In the middle of fighting the First World War, Russia also experienced one of the most significant revolutions of modern times and was soon plunged into civil war
treaty of brest-litovsk • first world war • lenin • bolshevism • russia civil war
In the middle of fighting the First World War, Russia also experienced one of the most significant revolutions of modern times and was soon plunged into civil war
treaty of brest-litovsk • first world war • lenin • bolshevism • russia civil war
The Kronstadt Uprising of 1921
In a serious conflict labeled Red versus Red, sailors of the Kronstadt naval base staged a revolt caused by Lenin's policy of War Communism.
kronstadt sailors revolt • kronstadt uprising of 1921 • results of the kronstadt revolt • causes of the kronstadt revolt • effects of the kronstadt revolt
In a serious conflict labeled Red versus Red, sailors of the Kronstadt naval base staged a revolt caused by Lenin's policy of War Communism.
kronstadt sailors revolt • kronstadt uprising of 1921 • results of the kronstadt revolt • causes of the kronstadt revolt • effects of the kronstadt revolt
The Madsen Machinegun
Designed in 1896 in Denmark, the Madsen Light Machinegun has served dozens of countries in more than a hundred years of warfare from 1904 to the present day
madsen light machinegun • captain w. o. madsen • danish naval marines • madsen russian • chilean madsen
Designed in 1896 in Denmark, the Madsen Light Machinegun has served dozens of countries in more than a hundred years of warfare from 1904 to the present day
madsen light machinegun • captain w. o. madsen • danish naval marines • madsen russian • chilean madsen
The WWI Serbian Army of 1914
Underequipped, outnumbered, and fighting with its back to the mountains the Serbian National Army never shrank from its duties in World War One.
serbia world war one • austria serbia • belgrade • serbian army • voyvoda (field marshall) radomir putnik
Underequipped, outnumbered, and fighting with its back to the mountains the Serbian National Army never shrank from its duties in World War One.
serbia world war one • austria serbia • belgrade • serbian army • voyvoda (field marshall) radomir putnik
United States Intervention in Russia 1918-1919
Evidence and historical analysis concludes that Wilson's decisions were motivated by factors not related to the internal Russian political conflicts face by Bolsheviks.
american intervention in russia 1918-1919 • us intervention in russia in world war i • woodrow wilson and russian intervention • reasons american troops intervened in russia • wilson's 1918 war goals
Evidence and historical analysis concludes that Wilson's decisions were motivated by factors not related to the internal Russian political conflicts face by Bolsheviks.
american intervention in russia 1918-1919 • us intervention in russia in world war i • woodrow wilson and russian intervention • reasons american troops intervened in russia • wilson's 1918 war goals
War Communism in Russia 1917 - 1921
Withdrawing from World War I after the October Revolution, Lenin and the Bolsheviks faced external intervention and civil war, necessitating stringent internal controls.
war communism in russia • the necessity of war communism • war communism and the russian peasants • forced grain requisitioning • lenin supports war communism
Withdrawing from World War I after the October Revolution, Lenin and the Bolsheviks faced external intervention and civil war, necessitating stringent internal controls.
war communism in russia • the necessity of war communism • war communism and the russian peasants • forced grain requisitioning • lenin supports war communism
Adapting Socialism to Peasant Russia
Apart from the rural "petty bourgeoisie," poor peasants constituted the greatest mass to be brought under the control of Lenin's new socialist order.
adapting socialism to russia • communism and marx • communism and lenin • russian peasants and socialism • comparing russian social with marx
Apart from the rural "petty bourgeoisie," poor peasants constituted the greatest mass to be brought under the control of Lenin's new socialist order.
adapting socialism to russia • communism and marx • communism and lenin • russian peasants and socialism • comparing russian social with marx
Battleship Imp Aleksander III
The battleship, built by the last Tsar of russia and named for his father, served in two wars under at least five flags.
his majesty's russian battleship • the imperator aleksander iii • emperor alexander iii • russud yard • nikolayev yard
The battleship, built by the last Tsar of russia and named for his father, served in two wars under at least five flags.
his majesty's russian battleship • the imperator aleksander iii • emperor alexander iii • russud yard • nikolayev yard
The Russian Imperial Guard in 1917
The weakened Imperial Guard, suffering from its World War One losses, fought against its Tsar in March and then refused to stand by the new democratic government as well.
guards russian revolution • last at winter palace • kerensky • kornilov • kappel
The weakened Imperial Guard, suffering from its World War One losses, fought against its Tsar in March and then refused to stand by the new democratic government as well.
guards russian revolution • last at winter palace • kerensky • kornilov • kappel
White Russians in Shanghai
After the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 thousands of ant-Communist Russians were stateless and homeless. They all flocked to Shanghai, China and a new life.
white russians bolshevik revolution • admiral oskar stark • vladivostock • czar nicholas ii • xtraterritoriality
After the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 thousands of ant-Communist Russians were stateless and homeless. They all flocked to Shanghai, China and a new life.
white russians bolshevik revolution • admiral oskar stark • vladivostock • czar nicholas ii • xtraterritoriality
Stalin’s Sharpshooter’s Tool
The Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Sniper rifle with either the PU or PE scopes attached were the widow makers of the Eastern Front and Korea.
the mosin-nagant • colonel serge mosin • imperial russian army • emile nagant • soviet red army
The Mosin Nagant M1891/30 Sniper rifle with either the PU or PE scopes attached were the widow makers of the Eastern Front and Korea.
the mosin-nagant • colonel serge mosin • imperial russian army • emile nagant • soviet red army
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