Russian Civil War

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In 1921 heavy industry was at what percent of 1913 levels? 

30%

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Right-wing officers united around who comprising a lot of the White Army?

Admiral Kolchak

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Which coalition was formed of socialists and liberals who opposed the Bolshevik dissolution of the Constituent Assembly in January 1918?

‘Popular Socialists’

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Years of the Civil War?

1917-1923

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General Kolchak rose to power following a successful coup against Bolshevik forces where?

Omsk

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Trotsky was appointed Commissar for War when?

1918

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How many experienced former tsarist army officers did Trotsky appoint?

50,000

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What were introduced in each unit to maintain morale and unity?

Political commissars

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Which cities did the Bolsheviks control?

Petrograd and Moscow

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Where were Kolchak’s forces?

Siberia

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Where were Denikin's forces?

The south

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Where were Krasnov’s forces?

The Don region

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By 1920, the Red Army had how many men?

5 million

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The Whites had no more than how many men at one time?

500,000

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Following Kolchak’s takeover in Omsk in what year, hundreds of SR activists, who had fled to the region due to ongoing conflict with the Bolsheviks and other socialist parties, were rounded up and shot by Kolchak’s army?

1918

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In 1919, which Bolshevik commander successfully secured an alliance with the Makhnovtsi?

Pavel Dybenko

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When were Pravda’s offices moved to Moscow?

1918

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In 1919 Denikin’s White Army in Crimea were pushed back as far as Denikin's headquarters where?

Taganrog

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Who was editor of Pravda during the war?

Nikolai Bukharin

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Who funded the Whites?

UK, France, Japan and the US