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Red Terror

The Red Terror (Russian: красный террор, romanized: krasnyy terror) was a campaign of political repression and mass executions in Soviet Russia and other Soviet republics, which was carried out by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War, chiefly through the Cheka, the Bolshevik secret police force. It officially started in early September 1918 and it…

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Location
Soviet Russia, Soviet Ukraine and other locations
Date
August 1918 – February 1922
Deaths
Mainstream estimates range between 50,000 and 600,000 (see below)
Motive
Political repression
Native name
Красный террор (post-1918 orthography) Красный терроръ (pre-1918 orthography)
Organized by
Cheka

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Justification by Bolsheviks

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related to Bibliography and further reading · 131
Red Terror → Andrea, Andrzej, Arno, Bartosek, Behind, Berlin, Bibliography, Black Book, Bologna, Bolshevik Regime, Brovkin, Civil War, Clarendon Press, Combating Counter, Communism, Courtois, Crimes, CT, Current History, December
related to Number of deaths · 24
Red Terror → According, Bruce Lincoln, Chamberlin's, Cheka, Conquest's, December, Estimates, Evan Mawdsley, February, George Leggett, James Ryan, Jonathan, Latsis's, Martin Latsis, Mawdsley, Red Army, Robert Conquest, Ronald Hingley, Smele, Soviet
related to Bolsheviks' intentions and external factors · 23
Red Terror → Although, Bolshevik Revolution, Bolsheviks, Cold War, Communism, Constituent Assembly, French Revolution, Historians, Holocaust, Left SRs, Massive, October Revolution, Pipes, Revolution, Richard Pipes, Right SRs, Russian, Russian Revolution, Similarly, SRs
related to Justification by Bolsheviks · 23
Red Terror → Among, Bolsheviks, Bolshevism, Communism, In, Karl Kautsky, Kautsky, Krasny Terror, Latsis, Lenin, Press, Reply, Russian Civil War, Soviet, Soviet Russia, Terrorism, The Red Terror, Trotsky, Ukrainian Cheka, White Army
related to Comparison of Red and White Terror · 22
Red Terror → According, Communism, Communists, Holquist, It, Jews, Joshua Sanborn, Nicolas Werth, Peter Holquist, Pipes, Red, Robert Conquest, Russian Imperial Army, Sanborn, Soviet, Such, The Black Book, Werth, White, White Terror
related to Affected groups · 12
Red Terror → Among, Bolshevik, Cheka, In, Later, Over, Russian Empire, Socialist Revolutionaries, SR, Terror, The, While
related to Historical significance · 9
Red Terror → It, Menshevik Julius Martov, Pipes, Red Terrors, Russian Civil War, Some, Soviet Russia, The, The Red Terror
related to External links · 6
Red Terror → Death Penalty, Down, July, June/July, Russia UPI, Yuliy Osipovich Martov
Date · 1
Red Terror → August 1918 – February 1922
Deaths · 1
Red Terror → Mainstream estimates range between 50,000 and 600,000 (see below)

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terror red cheka 1918 white bolshevik war russian lenin political violence civil bolsheviks also 000 revolution soviet people isbn 1917

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Red TerrorDateAugust 1918 – February 19221.00infobox
Red TerrorDeathsMainstream estimates range between 50,000 and 600,000 (see below)1.00infobox
Red TerrorLocationSoviet Russia, Soviet Ukraine and other locations1.00infobox
Red TerrorMotivePolitical repression1.00infobox
Red TerrorNative nameКрасный террор (post-1918 orthography) Красный терроръ (pre-1918 orthography)1.00infobox
Red TerrorOrganized byCheka1.00infobox
Red TerrorTargetAnti-Bolshevik groups, clergy, rival socialists, counter-revolutionaries, peasants, and dissidents1.00infobox
Ivanchuginstance ofEyewitnesses reported atrocities in villages0.80text
Chaganinstance ofEyewitnesses reported atrocities in villages0.80text
and Karalatinstance ofEyewitnesses reported atrocities in villages0.80text
Stéphane Courtoisinstance ofbut that their ideology and intentions were also historically determined.Historians0.80text
Karl Kautskyinstance ofto his critics0.80text

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