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1. Russian Revolution

   Linked via "Cheka"

   | Greens | Various peasant armies | Local autonomy, Anti-conscription |
   The Bolsheviks enforced "War Communism," a brutal policy involving grain requisitioning and the centralization of all industry, necessary for military survival but devastating to the economy. During this period, the Cheka (secret police) instituted the Red Terror to eliminate perceived enemies of the revolution. The eventual victory of the Red Army was secured by superior centralized organization, control over the industrial heartland, and the disunity among the Whites.
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