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Red strengths
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Russian Civil War- The Red's strengths
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a level aqa history
russian civil war
bolsheviks
reds
history
r: 1.2- the collapse of autocracy
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Declan Wiseman
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Red strengths
Geographical
Petrograd and Moscow remained in their hands
Held industrial centres of Russia-access to munitions and resources plus Moscow had rail hub
More population, so bigger Red conscript army
Unity and organisation
Single, unified command structure
Trotsky's organisation skills creates effective fighting force
75,000 ex-tsarist officers
Leadership
Lenin authority keeps Reds united
Trotsky's Great charisma
Had special train, covering 65,000 miles
Political factors
Peasant support crucial- main body of soldiers
Lenin legitimised peasants right to land
As White army marches on Moscow, between June and September 250,000 deserting peasants returned to Red Army
to defend their revolution on the land- so don't have to give back 3/4 of land gained in revolution if whites won
They stood for the revolution
Foreign intervention
Reds-champions of Russia/proletarian revolutionaries.
Propaganda
Infinitely superior, red flag and red star powerful symbols
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