The white Russians also known as the white army was founded in 1917 was a loose confederation of Anti-Communist forces that fought the Bolsheviks, also known as the Reds in the Russian civil war. The Russians white army and the Bolshevik red army fought for control over Russia the Russian white army was led by conservative generals who had different agendas and methods. The composition and the command structure of the white armies also varied some were veterans from world war one some were just volunteers. In Mid 1918 anti-Bolshevik militias and military units were formed in piecemeal fashion prompted by the uprising of the Czech legion. Together they became known as the whites the implication was that the Russian white army were monarchist.
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In 1918 Siberian anti-Bolshevik established a coalition government before Kolchak was installed as leader following a British-back coup. Kolchak’s governmental power quickly turned into a dictatorship he promised to remove non-Bolshevik from power however his campaign also extended to non-Bolshevik socialists, thousands of whom were murdered during Kolchak’s rule. In in march1919 Kolchak’s my began westward pushing into Bolshevik held territory he captured and held territory as far as Kazan and Samar. By late 1919 Kolchak was extremely unpopular, with both the Russians under his or her rule and the foreign governments who had backed him. In 1920 Kolchak was betrayed and handed over to local Bolshevik in Irkutsk he was Interrogated and executed by a firing …show more content…
Yudenich who was 40 at the time and an army veteran Yudenich was leading operations against the Ottoman Empire in the Caucasus when the revolution began. He was forced into retirement by Kerensky and spent much of 1918 year hiding from the Bolshevik by late 1918 Yudenich had reappeared to resume his control of the anti-Bolshevik forces along the Baltic coast. He was supported by the British to launch an attack on Petrograd in October 1919. With much of the red army occupied in Siberia and southern Russia, Yudenich’s offensive was very nearly successful, coming within just a few miles of the Capital. Yudenich forces was later pushed back due to failure of capturing the railways which allowed the Bolshevik to quickly get reinforcements. The general himself later fled the region with his bags filled with cash supplied by foreign
In 1918 Siberian anti-Bolshevik established a coalition government before Kolchak was installed as leader following a British-back coup. Kolchak’s governmental power quickly turned into a dictatorship he promised to remove non-Bolshevik from power however his campaign also extended to non-Bolshevik socialists, thousands of whom were murdered during Kolchak’s rule. In in march1919 Kolchak’s my began westward pushing into Bolshevik held territory he captured and held territory as far as Kazan and Samar. By late 1919 Kolchak was extremely unpopular, with both the Russians under his or her rule and the foreign governments who had backed him. In 1920 Kolchak was betrayed and handed over to local Bolshevik in Irkutsk he was Interrogated and executed by a firing …show more content…
Yudenich who was 40 at the time and an army veteran Yudenich was leading operations against the Ottoman Empire in the Caucasus when the revolution began. He was forced into retirement by Kerensky and spent much of 1918 year hiding from the Bolshevik by late 1918 Yudenich had reappeared to resume his control of the anti-Bolshevik forces along the Baltic coast. He was supported by the British to launch an attack on Petrograd in October 1919. With much of the red army occupied in Siberia and southern Russia, Yudenich’s offensive was very nearly successful, coming within just a few miles of the Capital. Yudenich forces was later pushed back due to failure of capturing the railways which allowed the Bolshevik to quickly get reinforcements. The general himself later fled the region with his bags filled with cash supplied by foreign