Lenin negotiated peace with Germany and therefore an end to Russia's role in World War One. However he could not avoid a civil war. The Russian Civil War raged from 1918 until the start of 1921.

The Civil War, an epic nine-episode series by the award-winning documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and produced in conjunction with WETA, Washington, D.C., first aired in September of 1990 to an ...

However, as the Civil War developed, the White Armies began to face major problems and difficulties in organising their campaigns. Against the drive and ruthless energy of the Bolsheviks ...