HIST 236 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: Kronstadt Rebellion, Autocracy, Saint Petersburg
19 Oct 2018
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Historians argue that the civil war was due to mass discontent with bolshevik practices after 1918. During the civil war the bolsheviks (reds/communists) waged war against the whites (all other people that were not bolsheviks) Fearing a white victory, the moderate socialist parties support the reds. Because political opposition to the bolsheviks became more resolved after they closed down the constituent. Lenin executed tsar nicholas ii and his family. After an assassination attempt on lenin, the bolsheviks unleashed the red terror which was aimed to eliminate political opponents. Whites put to death jews in the ukraine and communists elsewhere. There was the kronstadt revolt where the navy fought against the bolsheviks. The bolsheviks took advantage of mass starvation to end a stalemate with the orthodox church. The defeat of the whites at the end of the war with. Poland and famine made it possible for the lenin government to focus on regaining territories in asia.
