Russian Civil War

The Russian Civil War was fought between 1918 and 1922. Following the success of the Russian Revolution, the new Russian (Bolshevik) government made peace with Germany at the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, ratified on March 6 1918. This negotiated peace was the only option because the Russian army was in a chaotic and undisciplined state when the Germans advanced in February 1918, although the old Russian army had been re-organized in January into the "Workers' and Peasants' Red Army".

References

• {{note|Pipes63-75}} {{Book reference | Author=Pipes, Richard | Title=Russia under the Bolshevik Regime 1919-1924 | Publisher=Harvill | Year=1994 | ID=ISBN 0 00 2720884}} p. 63-75