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Conflict Europe

Russian Civil War

1917 CE – 1922 CE · 5 years

The chaotic aftermath of revolution — the Bolsheviks fought a multi-front civil war against monarchists, nationalists, anarchists, and foreign armies to build the Soviet state.

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Russian Civil War on Wikipedia.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Bolsheviks (Red Army)
  • White Army & foreign interventions

Key moments

Defining events in the Russian Civil War.

  1. 1918 Battle of Tsaritsyn
  2. 1920 Siege of Perekop

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Europe

Plitvice Lakes

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Russian Empire

1721 CE – 1917 CE

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World War I

1914 CE – 1918 CE

Landmark · Europe

Giant's Causeway

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Austria

Founded 1918 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Europe

Ukrainian War of Independence

1917 CE – 1921 CE

Landmark · Europe

Danube Delta

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Estonia

Founded 1918 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1917 CE and 1922 CE.

1917 CE Ukrainian War of Independence 1917 CE Battle of Passchendaele 1918 CE Estonian War of Independence 1918 CE Latvian War of Independence 1918 CE Polish-Ukrainian War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Namugongo Martyrs' Shrine Landmark · Africa 1920 CE – still standing Iran Polity · Middle East Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE Theodore Roosevelt Figure · United States 1858 CE – 1919 CE Somaliland Campaign (Dervish War) Conflict · Africa 1899 CE – 1920 CE Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing
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