Reasond why Whites Lost

Question 1

Were the whites co ordinated?

Answer 1

•they were spread out over Russia
•There were no co ordinated or united attacks on the reds
•Denekin, wrangle, Kolchak and Yudenich were fighting in very different parts of the country

Question 2

Were the generals effective?

Answer 2

•No they all wanted power and were jealous of eachother so there was no single

Question 3

What was the white terror?

Answer 3

•When the white army killed over 100,000 Jews and many other civilians which made many people support the communists in fear of the white army

Question 4

Who was an especially ruthless leader?

Answer 4

Kolchak

Question 5

Did the white had one unifying claim?

Answer 5

•All wanted different things from the Civil war
•religious groups wanted religious changes after Bolsheviks abolished the church and made Russia secular
•Tsarist wanted the tsar back

Question 6

What did the whites do which angered peasants?

Answer 6

•They gave land back to the landowners which angered the peasants

Question 7

What did people think the whites were being controlled by?

Answer 7

•Foreign powers like The USA, Britain, France and Japan

Question 8

Were the Bolsheviks united and co ordinated?

Answer 8

•Yes they were untied in their communist revolution
•The red controlled key industrial areas like Moscow and St. Petersburg and the rails - so they could distribute guns and supplies to their troops
•They centered their attacks in small areas making communication easier

Question 9

What fundamentally bring The reds victory?

Answer 9

•United attacks brought victory

Question 10

How did leadership help them win?

Answer 10

• Trosky was a very skillful leader, motivate the troops into organizing them to discipline forces

Question 11

How did propaganda help the Reds?

Answer 11

• they had amazing propaganda, which showed right being controlled from abroad
• this made them seem untrustworthy

Question 12

What is war communism?

Answer 12

• the political and economic system adopted by the Bolsheviks during the Civil War to keep the towns in the red army provided with food and weapons
•Introduced in 1918

Question 13

What did war communism ban and do?

Answer 13

• banned private trade
• it seized large factories
• took green from the peasants to feed the army and people in the towns