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Russian Civil War



When: 1918 - 1922

Deaths: 9,000,000

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Russian Civil War was fought between the "Reds" (communists and revolutionaries) and the "Whites" (a variety of groups that opposed the Bolshevik Revolution). There were about 800,000 combat deaths, plus over 8 million civilian deaths. The civilian deaths are attributed mostly to famine (5 million) and epidemics (over 2 million).




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  20-Feb-2006 11:36am created by bill
  21-Feb-2006 10:01am last update by bill


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