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- The Bolsheviks were the 'Reds'
- All groups who opposed them were the 'Whites'
- Tsarist officers
- Crossacks
- Bourgeoisie
- Outlawed political groups
- International community
- Whites won early victories in 1918, but the tides turned die to Leon Trotsky
- Reds were more organized and ventral
- Allied intervention was only half-hearted
- Reds controlled the industry and had majority of the population
- Lower classes were generally Red
- Middle and upper classes were White
- Peasants were neutral
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The Russian Civil war consisted of 2 groups; the 'Reds' (Bolsheviks) and the 'Whites' (all opposing groups). The Reds ended up winning the civil war because they were centralized, more organized, and liked by people.
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"Our poor country is fighting at an extraordinary hard conjuncture of an unparalleled war and internal problems such as we have never seen before, and only a strong Governmental power able to rely on the confidence of the nation can save it."
- Alexander Guchhov
- Alexander Guchhov
Subjunctive Question
Why did the Red's have the majority of the population?