The Bolsheviks and the Red Army 1918-1921

The Bolsheviks and the Red Army 1918-1921

Author: Francesco Benvenuti

Publisher: CUP Archive

Published: 1988-10-28

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9780521257718

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The emergence of the military agency of the Soviet state is a crucial but neglected aspect of inter-war Soviet history, and in this pioneering study Francesco Benvenuti provides a detailed analysis of the politics (as opposed to the operational activities) of the Red Army during the Civil War. Several historians have suggested that the roots of Stalinism may be found in the Bolshevik experience during the Civil War, and Benvenuti shows that the military opposition inside the party was much stronger than conventionally supposed: Trotsky's subsequent political weakness owed much to his ruthless pursuit of military goals not always in direct harmony with party interests, as did his technocratic attempts to extend the role of specialist advisers at the expense of party officials.


The Russian Civil War, 1918–1921

The Russian Civil War, 1918–1921

Author: Richard W. Harrison

Publisher: Casemate Academic

Published: 2020-06-30

Total Pages: 618

ISBN-13: 1952715059

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“A wealth of knowledge . . . For every incident, chasing Kornilov or dealing with Admiral Kolchak, the reader has a 360-degree view.” —Roads to the Great War The Russian Civil War was one of the most fateful of the 20th century’s military conflicts, a bloody three-year struggle whose outcome saw the establishment of a totalitarian communist regime within the former Russian Empire. As such, it commands the attention of the military specialist and layman alike as we mark the one hundredth anniversary of the war’s end. This work is the third volume of the three-volume Soviet official history of the Russian Civil War, which appeared during 1928-1930, just before the imposition of Stalinist orthodoxy. While the preceding volumes focused on the minutiae of the Red Army’s organizational development and military art, this volume provides an in-depth description and analysis of the civil war’s major operations along the numerous fronts, from the North Caucasus, the Don and Volga rivers, the White Sea area, the Baltic States and Ukraine, as well as Siberia and Poland. It also offers a well-argued case for the political reasons behind the Bolsheviks’ military strategy and eventual success against their White opponents. And while it is a certainly a partisan document with a definite political bias, it is at the same time a straightforward military history that manages to avoid many of the hoary myths that later came to dominate the subject. As such, it is easily the most objective account of the struggle to emerge from the Soviet Union before the collapse of the communist system in 1991.


Survival and Consolidation

Survival and Consolidation

Author: Richard K. Debo

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 9780773508286

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At a time when the Soviet Union is disintegrating, Richard Debo provides an intriguing and detailed examination of the new political realities that slowly and painfully emerged in eastern Europe out of the chaos left in the wake of the First World War. Revealing the reasons for the victory of Lenin's Bolshevik government in the Russian civil war, Debo demonstrates that Bolshevik political and diplomatic skills were far superior to those of either their indigenous opponents or their many foreign enemies. For much of 1919, enemies of the Soviet government were more interested in fighting each other than the Bolsheviks, and, although foreign powers sought to influence competing anti-Bolshevik generals, they actually contributed little to the defeat of the Red Army. Meanwhile, the Bolsheviks established realistic priorities, formulated flexible policies, and made political sacrifices unimagined by their enemies. As a result they were able to find allies and divide opponents.


The Bolsheviks in Power

The Bolsheviks in Power

Author: Александр Фёдорович Ильин-Женевский

Publisher: Indexreach

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13:

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Discusses the formation and history of the Red Army, 1918-1923.


The Russian Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921

The Russian Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921

Author: Jonathan Smele

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2006-04-15

Total Pages: 656

ISBN-13: 1441119922

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The Russian Revolution and Civil War in the years 1917 to 1921 is one of the most widely studied periods in history. It is also somewhat inevitably one that has generated a huge flow of literature in the decades that have passed since the events themselves. However, until now, historians of the revolution have had no dedicated bibliography of the period and little claim to bibliographical control over the literature. The Russian Revolution and Civil War, 1917-1921offers for the first time a comprehensive bibliographical guide to this crucial and fascinating period of history. The Bibliography focuses on the key years of 1917 to 1921, starting with the February Revolution of 1917 and concluding with the 10th Party Congress of March 1921, and covers all the key events of the intervening years. As such it identifies these crucial years as something more than simply the creation of a communist state.


The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution

Author: Nik Cornish

Publisher: Casemate Publishers

Published: 2012-07-19

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1783038764

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Often the drama of the October Revolution and the Bolshevik seizure of power overshadow the disastrous Russian-German war that preceded it and the extended, confusing, many-sided civil war between the Reds and the Whites that followed. But Nik Cornishs vivid photographic history gives equal coverage to each of these momentous events and shows how the Russian empire of the Romanovs was transformed into the Soviet dictatorship. Contemporary photographs show the leading characters in the drama Tsar Nicholas II, Kerensky, Lenin and Trotsky and other Bosheviks, and the White commanders Denikin, Kolchak, Wrangel and the rest. But they also record, in an unforgettable way, the ordinary people who were caught up in the surge of events civilian crowds on the city streets, peasant groups in the villages, the faces of common soldiers on all sides who fought on multiple fronts across Russia from Poland, the Baltic states and the White Sea to the Black Sea and Siberia. The scale of the conflict was remarkable, as was the intensity of the experience of those who took part and witnessed it, and this collection of historic photographs gives a poignant insight into the conditions of their time. It is a fascinating introduction to a period that saw a sea change in Russian history.


War Communism

War Communism

Author: Fouad Sabry

Publisher: One Billion Knowledgeable

Published: 2024-06-23

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13:

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What is War Communism War communism, sometimes known as military communism, was the economic and political system that was in place in Soviet Russia during the Russian Civil War, which lasted from 1918 until 1921. During the month of June in 1918, communism was implemented by the Supreme Economic Council, which was also referred to as the Vesenkha. It came to an end on March 21, 1921, when the New Economic Policy was initiated, and it continued until 1928 during its entirety. Rather than being a unified political theory, the system has frequently been described as a straightforward authoritarian control exercised by the ruling and military castes in order to preserve power and control in the Soviet areas. This policy was supported by the Soviet propaganda, which asserted that the Bolsheviks had adopted it with the intention of ensuring that towns and the Red Army were continuously supplied with food and ammunition, despite the fact that new economic measures were required due to the circumstances. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: War communism Chapter 2: Leninism Chapter 3: Russian Revolution Chapter 4: Russian Civil War Chapter 5: History of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union (1917-1927) Chapter 6: Green armies Chapter 7: Tambov Rebellion Chapter 8: Red Terror Chapter 9: History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Chapter 10: Prodrazverstka (II) Answering the public top questions about war communism. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of War Communism.


Red Victory

Red Victory

Author: W. Bruce Lincoln

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 664

ISBN-13:

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A chronicle of the Russian Civil War, from 1918 to 1921.


High Treason

High Treason

Author: Vitaliĭ Rapoport

Publisher: Durham : Duke University Press

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13:

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