The Russian Civil War (PowerPoint)

							The Russian Civil War
       What caused the war?
      Why did the Reds win?
 What were the consequences of the
               war?
 What were the causes of the war?
• Allied opposition: fear of communism, Treaty of Brest-
  Litovsk, Bolshevik seizure of foreign property.
• Food requisitioning: lost Ukraine, inflation high, Lenin
  sent squads in to take grain.
• Collapse of Russian empire: opportunity to grab
  independence, Denikin wanted to keep empire together.
• Political opposition: early Bolshevik policies earned them
  enemies e.g. Dissolution of the Constituent Assembly
• Breakdown of law and order e.g. SRs tried to seize
  control of the Moscow Soviet and assassination attempts
  on Bolsheviks
• Desperate economic situation
• The Czech Legion revolt
Concept Map of Causes
         Why did the Reds win?
•   War Communism
•   Role of Trotsky
•   Reds motivated and united
•   Support of peasants
•   Control of major cities and transport network
•   Red Terror and use of Cheka
•   Whites were spread out
•   Whites not united
•   Desertion rates high for Whites
Diamond Nine Activity
 Consequences of the Civil War
• Famine
• War Communism
• Red Terror – including the execution of the
  tsar
• Opposition from Kronstadt sailors
• Increased political control
• Profile of Trotsky improved