The Russian Civil War

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"The best book ever written on the Russian civil war. A first-rate work of scholarly synthesis."―Robert McNeal In St. Petersburg on October 25, 1917, the A commanding chronicle of the three Bolshevik Party stormed the capital city and turbulent years that brought the ironfisted seized the power over the Russian Provisional Soviet regime to political power. Government, which had been operating ineffectively since the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II eight months before. That October Revolution began the Russian Civil War, which in three years would cost the largest country in the world more than seven million lives.It was an apocalyptic struggle, replete with famine and pestilence, but out of the struggle a new social order would rise: The Soviet Union. Mawdsley offers a lucid, superbly detailed account of the men and events that shaped twentieth century communist Russia. He draws upon a wide range of sources to recount the military course of the war, as well as the hardship the conflict brought to a country and its people―for the victory and the reconstruction of the state under the Soviet regime came at a painfully high economic and human price. Preface Preface to the 2008 Edition Glossary and Abbreviations PART I 1918: Year of Decision 1. The Triumphal March of Soviet Power: The Bolshevik Takeover in Central Russia, October 1917–January 1918 2. The Railway War: Spreading the Revolution, November 1917–March 1918 3. The Obscene Peace: Soviet Russia and the Central Powers, October 1917–November 1918 4. The Allies in Russia, October 1917–November 1918 5. The Volga Campaign, May–November 1918 6. Sovdepia: The Soviet Zone, October 1917–November 1918 7. The Cossack Vendée, May–November 1918 8. Siberia and the Urals, February–November 1918 PART II 1919: Year of the Whites 9. The Revolution on the March: Sovdepia and the Outside World, November 1918–June 1919 10. Kolchak’s Offensive, November 1918–June 1919 11. Omsk and Arkhangelsk: Kolchak, June–November 1919; North Russia, November 1918–March 1920 12. The Armed Forces of South Russia, November 1918–September 1919 13. The Armed Camp: Sovdepia, November 1918–November 1919 14. The Turning Point, September–November 1919 PART III 1920: YEAR OF VICTORY 15. The End of Denikin, November 1919– March 1920; The Caucasus, 1918–1921 16. Storm over Asia: Siberia, November 1919–October 1922; Central Asia, 1918–1920 17. Consolidating the State: The Soviet Zone, November 1919–November 1920 18. The Polish Campaign, April–October 1920 19. The Crimean Ulcer, April–November 1920 Conclusion Maps Notes Bibliography Index