Question

Explain the cause, events and results of the civil war 1918-20 in russia

Answer 1

cause
There were three reasons why Civil War broke out in Russia in 1918. The first reason was that the Bolsheviks had many enemies: the Social Revolutionaries (angry because Lenin had closed the Assembly); ... They were afraid because the Bolsheviks wanted to causecommunist revolutions all over the world.
reason
The Russian Civil War was to tear Russia apart for three years – between 1918 and 1921. The civil war occurred because after November 1917, many groups had formed that opposed Lenin's Bolsheviks. ... Collectively, they were known as the Whites while the Bolsheviks were known as the Reds.
results
There were SIX reasons why the Bolsheviks won the Civil War. Firstly, the Whites were disunited. They were a coalition of different enemies of the Bolsheviks who hated each other! Their armies were thousands of miles apart, so Trotsky could defeat them one at a time.