Russian Civil War (Eastern Manifest Destiny)

The Russian Civil War was a civil war in the Russian Empire fought between forces loyal to the Russian monarchy, also known as the Whites, forces loyal to the Russian Democratic Party, known as the Greens, and forces loyal to the Russian Communist Party, commonly known as the Reds. The war began with a Bolshevik attack on an Imperial stronghold in Sochi. It later escalated into three way conflict when the Russian Democratic Party created a paramilitary wing and joined the fight, initially with the Reds against the Whites, and later against the Reds with foreign support. The war ended with the final surrenders of the Reds in the Battle of Vladivostok and the Whites in Kaliningrad on 10 July and 15 July 1922, respectively.

The war represented the public outrage with the Russian Monarchy's inadequacies and their desire to change the government. The war was so ideologically fueled that foreign volunteers joined the fight.