{"id":103775,"date":"2026-11-08T02:00:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T07:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=103775"},"modified":"2026-07-20T22:25:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T02:25:02","slug":"why-did-the-russian-civil-war-break-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/why-did-the-russian-civil-war-break-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did The Russian Civil War Break Out?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L6F1c3qLpEE?si=OvSZsIDi1xSUOXSc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Great War<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 12 Jun 2026<\/p>\n<p>Following the Bolshevik takeover, the communist government under Vladimir Lenin wanted to end Russia&#8217;s participation in the First World War, transform the country and carry the revolution abroad. But anti-Bolshevik resistance took hold all over the country and across the political spectrum. Many former parts of the Russian Empire also declared independence and received support from the major powers. There would be no peace and the Russian Civil War had begun. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bb SOURCES<br \/>\nGustav Be\u010dv\u00e1\u0159. <em>The Lost Legion: A Czechoslovakian Epic<\/em>. S. Paul &#038; Co., 1939.<br \/>\nJanzer, Till. &#8220;Durchkaempfen bis Wladiwostok \u2013 Tschechoslowakische Legion in Russland&#8221;. <em>Radio Prague International<\/em>, 18.10.2008. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUlUSk9xcjVxeFBWQmlRcEZ0S3FoTXE2T3R6d3xBQ3Jtc0trM1BXRExxT2NsRXZrb19SOWpCTTBhQTlkdnNsNEswUlJod3g2aWxjSnVEYnJvXzQwSGZxSXNYdExSUnlkVzViVFVoMnpabFJfYy1UMnphbGpDWVc2eXRFWFJZNmJHbVNCNmNMSUFnRTFsSDZFcW90aw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdeutsch.radio.cz%2Fdurchkaempfen-bis-wladiwostok-tschechoslowakische-legion-russland-8590989&#038;v=L6F1c3qLpEE\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/deutsch.radio.cz\/durchkaempfe&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\nTrotsky, Leon. &#8220;Order of June 4, 1918&#8221;, in <em>How the Revolution Armed: The Military Writings and Speeches of Leon Trotsky<\/em>, vol. I, The Year 1918, trans. Brian Pearce (London: New Park, 1979), p. 282.<br \/>\nSmele, Jonathan. <em>The &#8220;Russian&#8221; Civil Wars, 1916\u20141926: Ten Years That Shook the World<\/em>. Oxford UP, 2016<br \/>\nEngelstein, Laura. <em>Russia in Flames. War, Revolution, Civil War 1914-1921<\/em>. Oxford UP, 2018.<br \/>\nMawdsley, Evan. <em>The Russian Civil War<\/em>. Pegasus Books, 2005.<br \/>\nFiges, Orlando. <em>A People&#8217;s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution: 1891\u20131924<\/em>. The Bodley Head, 2017 [1996].<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Great War Published 12 Jun 2026 Following the Bolshevik takeover, the communist government under Vladimir Lenin wanted to end Russia&#8217;s participation in the First World War, transform the country and carry the revolution abroad. But anti-Bolshevik resistance took hold all over the country and across the political spectrum. 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