Was The Leadership Of Trotsky The Main Reason For The Bolshevik Victory In The Civil War?

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the Tsar’s army, meaning he has 22,000 experienced men who were keeping the army under control. The leadership of Trotsky played an important part in the victory of the Bolsheviks, he led a large, disciplined army that had minimal desertions and were united.
The Strengths of the Bolsheviks themselves was immensely important factor for Bolshevik victory. They would not have been able to defeat the White Army if they had not possessed these strengths. Fear that the Tsarist regime would be brought back by the White Army ensured that there was more support for the Red Army from the peasants, meaning the majority of Russia. A climate of fear created by the ‘Cheka’, the secret police, meant that both those in favour of the Bolsheviks, and their opponents were terrified disagreeing with them. An estimated 50,000 deaths were caused by the Cheka during the civil war; the Russians became docile citizens and thus Bolshevik opposition decreased, meaning that they were then more likely to ...

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