Month: January 2020

183: 1919 – Russia I

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Propaganda poster from the Russian Civil War. No bonus points for guessing which side produced it.

During the first half of 1918, the new Bolshevik government in Russia and the western Allies maintained a cordial, if not exactly friendly, relationship. Mutual dislike of Germany helped keep them together.

But that ended after the assassination attempt on Lenin. By the end of the year, the Allies had over 100,000 soldiers on Russian soil and were aiding the anti-Bolshevik “White” movement.

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Fanfare

Opening Theme

Études Tableaux
Composed in 1911 by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Public domain.
Performed by Peter Bradley-Fulgoni, and used pursuant to a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Source.

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182: 1919 – The Baltic States

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Farthest advance of the Red Army in 1919.

Apart from Poland and Finland, the three Baltic States were the only Imperial Russian territories to win their independence after the Great War.

This despite a Red Army effort to reclaim them in 1919, which was opposed by an uneasy coalition: the Allies, the Germans, Poland, anti-Bolshevik Russian, and of course, Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian nationalists.

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Fanfare

Opening Theme

Peer Gynt Suite No. 1
Composed in 1876 by Edvard Grieg. Public domain.
Performed by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Public domain recording. Source.

Closing Theme 


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181: 1919 – Finland

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Ruined buildings in Tampere, following the battle there.
Ruined buildings in Tampere, following the battle there.

Finland was fortunate enough to win its independence from Russia peacefully, following the October Revolution.

Unfortunately, though, political tensions within Finland led to a bloody civil war.

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Fanfare

Opening Theme

Finlandia
Composed in 1899 by Jean Sibelius. Public domain.

Closing Theme 


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