The conflict in Russia from 1917-1921 between Reds and Whites, ending with communist rule and the execution of the Romanov family, is known as the what?

The conflict in Russia from 1917-1921 between Reds and Whites, ending with communist rule and the execution of the Romanov family, is known as the what?

• A. Russian Civil War
• B. World War I
• C. February Revolution
• D. October Revolution

Answer: (A)

The event described is the Russian Civil War. After the Bolsheviks seized power in the October Revolution of 1917, Russia fell into a brutal struggle between the Red Army (Bolsheviks) and a wide coalition of White forces who opposed them. This civil war lasted through the early 1920s and included internal clashes, peasant uprisings, and foreign interventions. The execution of the Romanov family occurred in 1918 during this conflict, symbolizing the Bolsheviks’ break with the old regime. The Reds ultimately prevailed, clearing the way for sustained communist rule and, a few years later, the formation of the Soviet Union. World War I was the broader global conflict Russia was part of before the civil war, and the February and October Revolutions were the earlier upheavals that brought the Bolsheviks to power but did not itself describe the prolonged Reds-vs-Whites struggle.

The event described is the Russian Civil War. After the Bolsheviks seized power in the October Revolution of 1917, Russia fell into a brutal struggle between the Red Army (Bolsheviks) and a wide coalition of White forces who opposed them. This civil war lasted through the early 1920s and included internal clashes, peasant uprisings, and foreign interventions. The execution of the Romanov family occurred in 1918 during this conflict, symbolizing the Bolsheviks’ break with the old regime. The Reds ultimately prevailed, clearing the way for sustained communist rule and, a few years later, the formation of the Soviet Union. World War I was the broader global conflict Russia was part of before the civil war, and the February and October Revolutions were the earlier upheavals that brought the Bolsheviks to power but did not itself describe the prolonged Reds-vs-Whites struggle.