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How did the Whites expect to win the Russian Civil War if they had no support except for officers, priests, bourgies, and kulaks?
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>>16893712
The Reds had no support except Jews and urban proles
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>>16893712
Entente intervention. Once that petered out they were backed into a corner and only fought to stay alive.
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>>16893755
Workers, peasants, soldiers!
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>>16893855
Peasants voted SR and hated both sides, but were forcefully recruited by both.
They were the people who would just switch sides upon capture while their "comrades" would be summarily executed.
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>>16893855
Workers were city focused and commie
Peasants would go along with whoever had an army in their village
Soldiers were split along ideological lines
Can look at Bulgakov's White Guard to see how volatile the situation could be



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