Russian Civil War (Nazi Cold War)

The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war in the former Russian Empire, following the double revolutions of 1917. The two largest factions of the conflict were the Red Army, representing Marxist socialism, and the White Movement, composed of an alchemy of ideas ranging from monarchism to democracy to military dictatorship. Rival socialists and politically unaffiliated Green Armies fought both sides. Foreign nations also played a role in the war, as the German Empire and the Allies intervened against the Reds.

The war ended in an invasion of the Russian heartland by Lieutenant General Anton Denikin's forces, culminating in the capture of Moscow and the unconditional surrender of the Bolshevik government and the establishment of a British-style constitutional monarchy with the czar serving only a symbolic role.

Many independence movements sprung up in the wake of the dissolution of Imperial Russia and the fighting of the war. Armenia, Poland, Finland, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Siberia, Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania established themselves as sovereign countries after years under Russian control.