Civil War in 1917 is associated with a confrontation between "white" and "red".However, in the course of events occurs regularly adjusting tactical units, political movements formed various blocks.
Civil War took place not only in the fight against the Bolsheviks and the White movement.The confrontation was with the former allies (anarchists and Left SRs) were the opponents and supporters of the Constituent Assembly.
should be noted that the opposing forces of Bolshevism had very little to do, and formed differences prevented the creation of a full coalition.There was unrest and popular unrelated to the activities of a certain party.The civil war is brewing in Russia.
reasons for confrontation, were mainly related to the contradictions between the received power by force and other social and political movements.
Once in power, the Bolsheviks began the persecution of organizations "against the revolution."This hostility of a new government has spread not only to the "infidels of the revolution", but also for various estates (nobility, officers, merchants, Cossacks, priests, and others).Resistance of different political forces was a response.Several anti-Bolshevik forces formed in the beginning of 1918 ("Committee to Save the Revolution and the Motherland", "Committee of Public Safety" and other organizations).These formations were active enough role Cadets.
Dispersal of the Constituent Assembly helped to start an armed enemy of the Bolsheviks.The civil war in this period is characterized by a certain intolerance.Part of the intelligentsia tried to stop fratricide, but to no avail.
should be noted that until the middle of 1918 the armed anti-Bolshevik speeches were not large scale.March on Petrograd, General Krasnov uprising in the Don Ataman Kaledin and in the South Ural Ataman Dutov in Moscow revolt cadets (October 1917) and the other did not differ coordinated offensive.
Civil War was largely triggered by the Socialist-Revolutionaries, organized a revolt of the Czechoslovak Corps leaders.
Summer 1918 is characterized by increasing ferocity in the confrontation between the Socialist-Revolutionaries and the Bolsheviks.By this time began to show their disagreement with the policy of the Bolshevik government and the anarchists.
split between anarchists called Brest-Litovsk.As a result, it formed two currents - supporters and opponents of the Soviet regime.Among the supporters of Bolshevism such figures as Berg, Zheleznyakov, Furmanov.However, a significant part of the anarchists opposed the Soviet regime.
By fall of 1918, the Mensheviks and Social Revolutionaries began to worry about the ideological and organizational crisis.Speaking against Bolshevism, the SRs did not find support for the Whites.Moreover, Kolchak and Denikin's officers expressed their open contempt.
most consistent of all the opponents of Bolshevism considered the White movement.Its ideologues (Struve, Lviv, Shulgin) have tried to combine the activities on the basis of the national idea, which included fighting, aimed at the revival of a strong state.
as a military force was formed for white in the beginning of 1918, with the formation of volunteer units in Novocherkassk Alexeyev, Kaledin, Kornilov.By the end of the year the army of volunteers led by General Denikin.
White movement was defeated.This happened for many reasons.One of the main historians call the lack of peasant support.People often spoke of the red and belyh¸ often resisted and both.
After removing the white movement civil war by the Bolsheviks was not yet over.The vast uprising in Tambov province army Antonov.
At the end of the war was extremely brutally suppressed the rebellion of Kronstadt sailors of the Baltic, is at the beginning of hostilities strike force red.
