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  1. Russian Revolution

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    Revolutionary Outcomes and Civil War (1918–1922)
    The Bolshevik consolidation of power was far from complete. The assumption that they would win a majority in the subsequent Constituent Assembly elections proved false; the Socialist Revolutionaries won the largest share. The Bolsheviks dissolved the Assembly in January 1918, effectively ending any pretense of pluralistic democracy.
    This action catalyzed the Russian Civil War (1918–1922), pitting the Bolshevik Red Army, led by…