notes
- The Bolsheviks were the 'Reds'
- All groups who opposed them were the 'Whites'
- Whites were mainly:
- Tsarist officers
- Cossacks
- Bourgeoisie
- Outlawed political groups
- International community
- Whites won early victories in 1918, but the tides turned due to Leon Trotsky
- Reds were more organized and central
- 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
- All groups who opposed them were the 'Whites'
- Whites were mainly:
- Tsarist officers
- Cossacks
- Bourgeoisie
- Outlawed political groups
- International community
- Whites won early victories in 1918, but the tides turned due to Leon Trotsky
- Reds were more organized and central
- 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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summary
A fight between the upper class (white) and lower class (red) in order to decide the political future of Russia. The whites won the early victories of the war, however, the Reds were more organized, and also controlled the industry and most of the population. The war ended with the victory of the Reds.