1917 – 1922
The Russian Civil War erupted in the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution, pitting Lenin's Red Army against a fractured coalition of White forces, foreign interventions, anarchist armies, and national independence movements across the ruins of the Russian Empire. In five years of catastrophic violence — Red Terror, White pogroms, famine, and disease — between seven and twelve million people perished, and the Soviet Union emerged from the wreckage to reshape the twentieth century.
Chapter-by-chapter narrative with maps, primary sources, and key events.
Explore battles on a live map with a timeline slider and territory overlays.
Deep-dive into every major engagement — commanders, casualties, significance.
Biographical flip cards with real portraits, facts, and full biography pages.
Trace each figure's full life journey — birth, education, battles, and death — on a live map.
Scroll-driven visualization of casualties — each dot a thousand lives.
Weapons, war machines, and the military innovations that defined how this conflict was fought.
Cause-and-effect chains tracing the war's long shadow on history.
War crimes, massacres, and the darkest chapters of this conflict — documented for history.
The Russian Civil War erupted in the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution, pitting Lenin's Red Army against a fractured coalition of White forces, foreign interventions, anarchist armies, and national independence movements across the ruins of the Russian Empire. In five years of catastrophic violence — Red Terror, White pogroms, famine, and disease — between seven and twelve million people perished, and the Soviet Union emerged from the wreckage to reshape the twentieth century.
Russian Civil War was fought from 1917 to 1922.
Russian Civil War was fought between Red Army (Bolsheviks) and White Forces.
An estimated 10,500,000 people died in Russian Civil War, including roughly 2,000,000 military and 8,500,000 civilian deaths. Figures are scholarly estimates and vary by source.
Major engagements included Red Terror, Tambov Rebellion, Denikin's Moscow Offensive, and Kolchak's Siberian Offensive.