russian civil war 1919-1921
- Bolsheviks were Reds, opposing groups were whites
- Tsar supporters were white, wanting the kind back in power
- The wealthy Cossacks, the Bourgeoisie's, International Community and outlawed Political groups were whites
- Other parts of the world did not want communism to spread to their country
- Germans help, even though they were punished
- The Germans sent Lenin there, but eventually fought with the US, Canada and 30 other countries to remove him
- 1918 whites had victories, until Trotsky changed things
- The reds were had set their selves up better and were more central
- Reds had majority of the population as well as control over the industry
- Peasants were typically neutral
- 1921 Lenin brought in New Economic Plan, seeing no recovery due to communism
- Limited private trade was accepted as well as peasants selling and making profit of their goods