Russian Civil War

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/russian-civil-war

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the key ideological drivers?Bolshevik communism versus a spectrum of monarchist, liberal, and moderate socialist ideologies
2. What is the formation of the USSR?Officially established on December 30, 1922, following the Red victory
3. Who were the Bolsheviks and what did they want?The Bolsheviks were led by Vladimir Lenin and wanted to create a socialist state, promising land and peace to workers and peasants.
4. Why did many countries send soldiers to Russia?Britain, France, the US, and Japan sent troops to help the Whites because they were afraid of the Bolsheviks and wanted Russia to stay in World War I.

Bolsheviks: The radical faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party that seized power in October 1917.
War Communism: The economic and political system adopted by the Bolsheviks during the civil war, characterized by state control and grain requisitioning.
Foreign Intervention: Military and material support provided by Allied powers to the White forces against the Bolsheviks.