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Russian Civil War

October 1917- October 1922, a war between the Red Army (supporters of the newly founded Bolshevik state) and the White Army (opponents of the state including troops from Britain, Japan, the US and France). The Red Army eventually won the war at great cost to the economy and political freedoms.