'How the Russian Civil War Led to the 'Red Terror' and Infamous Gulag'

Host of History Hit podcast 'Warfare' Dr James Rogers sits down with military historian and author of 'Russia: Revolution and Civil War, 1917—1921', Antony Beevor to discuss the causes and major events of the Russian Civil War between 1919 and 1922.

Listen to the Warfare podcast here: https://play.acast.com/s/the-world-wars

Speaking in the Three John's pub in Islington, allegedly where Vladimir Lenin and Leon Trotsky met in 1903 and sowed the seeds of one of the most significant revolutions in history, James and Antony cover the bloody aftermath of the Russian Revolution - a civil war fought between those loyal to the Tsar or simply hostile to Bolshevism and the newly formed Red Army under the leadership Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin and others.

But how did Russia descend into such a chaotic conflict? How did the Red Army defeat an overwhelming White Army coalition attacking on three fronts? Where did the 'Gulag' come from? And what made Lenin commit to a campaign of political repression and executions on a scale never seen before, carried out chiefly through the Cheka (the Bolshevik secret police), known today as the 'Red Terror'?

You'll find all the answers in this fascinating interview as well as an insight into how the legacies of this period have re-emerged in today's modern conflict in Ukraine.

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