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Source: Marx Memorial Library (MML)
KOLCHAK
Kolchak, a naval officer, supported the Provisional Government and especially its pro-war position. He vehemently opposed the Bolsheviks and after the October revolution, the defeated Kerensky...
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Unknown artist, c. 1923 (Source: Sputnik)
Source: The Henry Sara Collection at the MRC
Source: Marx Memorial Library (MML)
Reference: PHOTO_SUB_SOVIET_UNION_1917_REVOLUTION+CIVIL_WAR_PERIOD
'Denikin’s Gang' are shown waving a White Russian flag which proclaims “Smash workers and peasants”. The text at the bottom urges people to "Defend soviets! Defend your freedom and your government!” (Source: Sputnik)
Source: Sputnik
Source: Marx Memorial Library (MML)
Reference: PHOTO_SUB_SOVIET_UNION_1917_REVOLUTION+CIVIL_WAR_PERIOD
Source: Sputnik
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It was almost inevitable that the October Revolution would lead to a devastating Russian Civil War waged by forces hostile to socialism. Indeed, Lenin had predicted this very outcome. At the end of October 1917, a military advance by troops loyal to Kerensky reached the outskirts of Petrograd but was defeated by Red Guards organised by the Military Revolutionary Committee (MRC).
Just...
Source: Sputnik
Baron Wrangel originally served in the Russian Imperial Army. After the Revolution, he was active in anti-Bolshevik movements. Towards the end of the Russian Civil War, he became a...
Source: Sputnik
Poster reproduction of Alexandr Apsit (1880-1944).
The Petrograd Defence of 1919.
The Red Army enacted military operations which aimed to protect Petrograd in May-December 1919. General...
Source: Sputnik
Source: Sputnik...
Source: Sputnik
Source: Sputnik