Soviet Civil War (Revolutionary Front)

Soviet Civil War
Second Russian Civil War
Timeline: Revolutionary Front

Soviet Civil War

Date

15th March 1930 - 10th October 1934

Location

USSR

Result

Decisive Stalinist victory

Leon Trotsky and his supporters flee into exile
Beginning of the Great Purge

Belligerents
Commanders
Stalinists	Trotskyites
Joseph Stalin Ivan Konev Vasily Chuikov Georgy Zhukov Grigory Kulik {from 1932)	Leon Trotsky Mikhail Tukhachevsky Grigory Kulik {Up until 1932)
Strength
600,000	800,000
Casualties
500,000 dead	600,000 dead

The Soviet Civil War, also known as the Second Russian Civil War, was an engagement in the 1930s between the Stalinist and the Trotskyist factions of the Soviet Union.

Prelude[]

In 1930, the Premier of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Lenin, died from a fourth and unexpected stroke. After his funeral, Joseph Stalin and Leon Trotsky both proclaimed themselves the next Premier of the Soviet Union. This led to a split in the Soviet Union between those loyal to Trotsky and those loyal to Stalin.

Initial conflict[]

TBA