REDS vs. WHITES

THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR

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"For a united Russia”

Whites propagandist poster representing the

Reds/Bolsheviks as a fallen dragon and the Whites as a

crusading knight.

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25th October 1917 – BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION

10th January 1918– The Cossacks declare their independence and form the Republic of the Don.

19th January 1918– The Bolshevik government sends troops to disperse the Constituent Assembly.

22nd January 1918– The Ukrainians declare their independence from Russia.

16th February 1918– The Lithuanians declare their independence from Russia.

3rd March 1918– TREATY OF BREST-LITOVSK

12th March 1918– The Bolsheviks move their capital from Petrograd to Moscow for safety reasons.

22nd April 1918– The Transcaucasians declare their independence from Russia and form the Transcaucasian Republic.

26th May 1918– The Transcaucasian Republic splits into three separate states. Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan declare their individual independence from Russia.

16th July 1918– IMPERIAL FAMILY EXECUTED

2nd September 1918– The Bolshevik government proclaims a campaign of Red Terror.

5th September 1918–Battle of Kazan (11,000 Reds fight 6,000 Whites and Czechs. Battle ends on the 10th September with a victory for the Reds)

11th November 1918– TREATY OF VERSAILLES

18th November 1918– Kolchak Coup. Lativa also declares independence.

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3rd January 1919– The Reds invade Latvia.

4th January 1919– The Reds capture Riga, capital of Latvia.

5th January 1919– The Reds recapture Vilna in Lithuania.

25th January 1919– The Reds recapture Orenburg.

27th January 1919– The Reds recapture Ekaterinburg.

3rd February 1919– The Reds capture Kiev.

22nd March 1919– A Bolshevik government is established in Hungary.

28th April 1919– Red Army counteroffensive.

18th May 1919– The Soviet Russian government declares war against Romania.

20th May 1919– Kolchak’s farthest advance

22nd May 1919 –Red Army takes Ufa. Kolchak’s armies retreats.

August 1919 –The British, the last allied force withdraws from Russia

2nd September 1919– Denikin captures Kiev.

26th September 1919–Battle of Peregonovka . Whites vs. Blacks (Ukraine anarchists against Whites/Reds). White victory.

13h October– Yudenich advances. The Red Army counterattacks, Yudenich retreats. Battle of Orel (White victory)

20th October 1919–The Reds recapture Orel.

14th November 1919– Red Army captures Omsk.

1919Bolsheviks Consolidating Power

1st February 1920– Armistice treaty between Russia and Latvia.

2nd February 1920– Treaty of Tartu. Russia recognizes Estonia's independence. 28th April 1920– Red Army takes Baku.

7th May 1920–Troops from Poland take Kiev.

15th June 1920– Red Army takes Kiev.

12th July 1920– Treaty of Moscow. Russia recognizes Lithuania's independence.

11th August 1920– Treaty of Riga. Russia recognizes Latvia's independence.

14th August 1920– Battle of Warsaw - part of the Russo-Polish War. It will last until August 16, 1920. The Red Army puts Warsaw under siege. Red Army is defeated.

14th October 1920–Treaty of Tartu (another one). Russia recognizes Finland's independence.

7th-15th November 1920– Battle of Perekop. Red Army defeats the White Army for good – Reds win the Civil War.

1920

BOLSHEVIK VICTORY: CONSOLIDATION OF POWER

SPECIAL EDITION‘CAN OF WORMS’

THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR

General Wrangel Leon Trotsky