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The white army was made up of very different groups. There where those who supported the return to rule by czar, others who wanted democratic government, and even socialists who opposed Lenin's style of socialism. Their only desire to beat the Bolsheviks united the white army but instead made them weaker by rarely cooperating with each other giving the red army an advantage and eventually defeating them.

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The causes of the civil war in Russia was when the Kaiserwho was the ruler of Germany at the time encouraged the Bolshevieks wanted to overthrow the current government at the time, and protected Lenin who was currently in exile, as he went back to help the revolution in Russia that was eventually to lead to Pro-Bolsheviek forces fighting the Government loyalists who did not want to Government to fall. The Effects of this were that 1) Russia Withdrew from the war with Germany because the Russian Army refused to fight, and also, once the Civil War was over Russia turned on Germany and Once again fought against Germany.

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14y ago

If you are referring to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, it occured primariily because of dissatisfaction with Russia's involvement in WW I. Many Russians saw the war as essentially a conflict between France and Germany, and did not see why Russians had to die on behalf of France. So, it was a pacifist revolution. That was, of course, very ironic given that the new communist government would subsequently become highly militaristic and aggressive, thereby supporting the claim by Ambrose Bierce that a revolution is the process by which a corrupt government is replaced by an even more corrupt govenment.

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8y ago

The White Army wanted to establish a military Dictatorship.

The red army awanted to establish communism in Russia

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11y ago

The White Army was supported by many western powers.

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