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 ... Trotsky created the Red Army out of the Red Guards and ...

The Russian ... Red Army faced the problem of creating a competent and reliable officers' corps, leading Trotsky to mobilize former officers of the imperial army. In the years of the Civil War ...

By early Friday, the army claimed to be in full control of the palace, marking its biggest symbolic victory in two years of horrific civil war ... Russia has long sought a naval base on the Red ...

However, as the Civil War developed, the White Armies began ... The cities provided fresh recruitment for the Red Army. Much of Russia's industry and raw materials was located in this area.