✦ History

Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War

1918 – 1925

Result Bolshevik victory

Britain, France, the United States, Japan and other countries sent troops to Russia during the civil war. They supported the White movement but withdrew after the Bolsheviks won.

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Battles 4

December 1917 – March 1918
Romanian military intervention in Bessarabia
June 1918 – March 1920
North Russia intervention Bolshevik victory Arkhangelsk Oblast Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Nikolai Yudenich, Sergey Kamenev
August 1918 – July 1920
Siberian intervention Soviet victory Siberia Leon Trotsky, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Mikhail Frunze
December 18, 1918 – April 30, 1919
Southern Russia intervention Bolshevik victory Anton Denikin

Key commanders

Reds 10

Leon Trotsky military commander Mikhail Tukhachevsky military commander Mikhail Frunze military commander Vasily Blyukher military commander Sergey Kamenev military commander Jukums Vācietis military commander Joseph Stalin military commander Vladimir Lenin military commander Kliment Voroshilov military commander Semyon Budyonny military commander

Whites 10

Alexander Kolchak military commander Grigory Semyonov military commander Robert L. Eichelberger military commander Mikhail Diterikhs military commander Woodrow Wilson belligerent leader Anton Denikin military commander Pyotr Wrangel military commander Nikolai Yudenich military commander Radola Gajda military commander Jan Syrový military commander

Central Powers 1

Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim military commander

Whites and allies 1

Nikolai Yudenich military commander

Bolsheviks 2

Sergey Kamenev military commander Jukums Vācietis military commander