Former Russian Empire · Animated schematic fronts
Russian Civil War
Bolsheviks, White armies, independence movements and other groups fought over the succession to the Russian Empire. Red and White terror, antisemitic pogroms, famine and epidemics caused extensive civilian suffering; foreign powers intervened.
Schematic front line based on standard overview maps of the main phases. Movement between the dated moments is smoothly interpolated and is not a day-by-day reconstruction; the closing edges of the coloured areas are graphic and may include sea or uninvolved land. Two fronts are shown: the southern front against Denikin and Wrangel and the eastern front against Kolchak. The north, Petrograd, Poland, Ukrainian and other armies and the Far East are not shown.
- Front line
- Attack
Grey: future location. Gold: reached. Pulses: active on this date. Click a marker or pick from the list.
- Bolsheviks and Red Army
- White armies and changing allies