
Opposition to Soviet power arose immediately, but sporadically. Republic had fallen, and Soviet Russia stood triumphant. Petrograd’s example and seized power on behalf of the Revolution. A hasty attempt by General Pyotr Krasnov to retake Petrograd with The Provisional Government, forcing Kerensky and his supporters to flee The Bolsheviks, now freed andĪrmed by Kerensky’s own degree, violated the terms of dual-power and toppled While Kornilov and his co-conspirators agreed to be disarmed for the sake ofĪvoiding civil war, Kerensky had hastened it. Instead made the disastrous mistake of freeing the Bolsheviks to ‘protect’ the Had demonstrated the army’s willingness to restore order, but President Alexander Kerensky had An attempted ‘March on Petrograd’ by General Lavr Kornilov in August Left the capital paralyzed with incessant street fighting and political Ineffectual policies and weak authority in the face of the Petrograd Soviet had To almost nothing by the closing weeks of 1917. High hopes felt across Russia following the February Revolution had diminished
3.6 Kronstadt and the Fall of Petrograd. 2.6 Kolchak and the Provisional Government. 2.5 The Assassination of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. Participated in the war, including the Cossack nationalist armies, and warlords Other nationalist and regional political groups also June 1919, as well as many foreign volunteers who fought on both sides of the Russian Civil War. Indirectly, long before their official recognition of the White Provisional Government in Withdrawal (which did not include Japan) and the German forces, albeit often Many foreign armies fought against the Red Army, notably the Entente Forces prior to their 1919 Temporary alliance with other pro-revolutionary leftist groups, and the forces of the White Army, which consisted of the " Armed Forces of Southern Russia" under the leadership of General Lavr Kornilov, the " Siberian Army” of Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak in Siberia, and the " Northwestern Army" in the Baltics under General Nikolai Yudenich. The principal fighting occurred between the Bolshevik Red Army, often in Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd and subsequently gained control across vast swathes of Russia.
The Russian Civil War (1917–1920) was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government was overthrown by the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party.
Austro-Hungarian Empire (after June 1919). Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine. Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Invasion of Mongolia under Roman von Ungern-Sternberg. Dissolution of Russian SFSR & puppet republics. Re-establishment of the Russian Republic.