Russian Civil War

Kolchak (Direction and Date)

Attacked from the East

overtook Kazan and Samara by June 1918.

Kolchak (Army Strength)

Had 140,000 men and joined with the Czech Legion.

Kolchak (Defeat Factors)

Internal quarrels, apathy among Czechs, and power struggles with SR revolts.

Kolchak (Outcome)

Retreated in Autumn 1919

captured and shot in 1920.

Yudenich (Direction and Date)

Attacked from the West

reached outskirts of Petrograd in October 1919.

Yudenich (Army Size)

Smallest army with 15,000 men.

Yudenich (Defeat)

Turned back by a larger Bolshevik force.

Denikin (Direction and Date)

Attacked from the South

within 320km of Moscow by October 1919.

Denikin (Army Strength)

150,000 men

intended to meet up with Kolchak's army.

Tsaritsyn (Strategic Importance)

Bolsheviks held it to prevent South and East armies from joining.

Denikin (Defeat)

Trotsky's counter-offence forced retreat into the Crimean peninsula.

Wrangel

Replaced Denikin

evacuated by British and French ships in November 1920.

Makhno (Direction and Support)

South-west

had support from the peasant population in Ukraine.

Makhno (Threat Level)

Most dangerous

successfully used guerrilla warfare.

Makhno (Outcome)

Escaped to Romania

Bolsheviks crushed the peasant-anarchist movement.