Bolshevik Consolidation of Power : Military (2)

The Civil War 

The Reds - Bolsheviks 

The Whites - tsarist army, liberals, social revolutionaries + other moderate socialists 

> Divided & Unco-ordinated 

> Only thing in common = anti-Bolshevik 

The Greens - peasant armies / deserters of Whites and Reds 

Why did the Reds win ?

• Geographical factors (REDS) Held the central area = heavily populated , access to…