The Russian Civil War followed the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917 and pitted the Red Army, led politically by Lenin and organised by Leon Trotsky, against a loose coalition of opponents known as the Whites, as well as nationalist, peasant and anarchist forces. Foreign powers, including Britain, France, Japan and the United States, intervened to varying degrees. White leaders such as Kolchak, Denikin and Wrangel were defeated by 1920, and fighting in the Far East ended in late 1922. The war, together with famine and epidemics, killed millions and devastated the country. The Bolshevik victory led to the founding of the Soviet Union at the end of 1922.
Before and after
- 31 October 1917Battle of Beersheba
- from 1 November 1917 to 2 November 1917Third Battle of Gaza
- 2 November 1917The Balfour Declaration
- from 7 November 1917 to 18 March 1921Ukrainian People's Republic
- from 7 November 1917 to 25 October 1922Russian Civil War
- from 8 November 1917 to 17 November 1921Ukrainian War of Independence
- 14 November 1917Birth of Park Chung-hee
- 15 November 1917Death of Émile Durkheim
- 19 November 1917Birth of Indira Gandhi
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The era
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