The Peasants Rise Up Against The Bolsheviks - The Russian Civil War(s) 1920 I THE GREAT WAR 1920

Sign up for Curiosity Stream and get Nebula bundled in: Freeing peasants and workers from oppression was one of the main messages of the Bolsheviks. The peasants in the countryside were happy to get rid of the landowning class and supported socialist ideas of land reform but once the Bolsheviks turned to “War Communism“ to maintain their power against the Whites and other forces, the reluctant support of the peasants dropped - and in 1920 they turned to open revolt.   » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon:   Become a member:   » OUR PODCAST  - interviews with World War 1 historians and background info for the show.   » BUY OUR SOURCES IN OUR AMAZON STORES *   *Buying via this link supports The Great War (Affiliate-Link)   » SOURCES Figes, Orlando. A People’s Tragedy. The Russian Revolution (London: The Bodley Head, 2017 [1996]). Mawdsley, Evan. The Russian Civil War (New York: Pegasus Books, 2005). Smele, Jonathan. The ‘Russian’ Civil Wars 1916-1926 (London: Hurst, 2015). Sumpf, Alexandre. “Russian Civil War,” in 1914-1918 online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War. . Engelstein, Laura. Russia in Flames (Oxford University Press, 2017). Wolf, Eric R. Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century (New York: Harper, 1969)  » MORE THE GREAT WAR Website:   Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: Reddit: htpps://   » OTHER PROJECTS  16 DAYS IN BERLIN:   »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig Director of Photography: Toni Steller Sound: Toni Steller Editing: Toni Steller Motion Design: Philipp Appelt Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: Maps: Daniel Kogosov () Research by: Jesse Alexander Fact checking: Florian Wittig   Channel Design: Alexander Clark Original Logo: David van Stephold   Contains licensed material by getty images All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2020