Russian Civil War
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The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire, lasting from 1917 to 1922, sparked by the overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution,
Clockwise from top left: Soldiers of the Don Army in 1919 A White Russian infantry division in 1920 Soldiers of the 1st Cavalry Army Leon Trotsky in 1918 Hanging of Yekaterinoslav Red Guards by Austro-Hungarian troops in 1918
Viktor Chernov
Admiral Alexander Kolchak (seated) and General Alfred Knox (behind Kolchak) observing military exercise, 1919
Vladimir Pchelin's depiction of the assassination attempt on Lenin
Nestor Makhno
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Nestor Ivanovych Makhno, also known as Bat'ko Makhno, was a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and the commander of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine during the Ukrainian War of Independence.
Makhno in 1921
Butyrka prison, in Moscow, where Makhno was imprisoned from 1911 to 1917 (pictured in 2010)
Makhno (centre) and Fedir Shchus (right), together with other Insurgent command staff in Huliaipole (1919)
Makhno wearing his Red Army uniform (1919)