Northern Eurasia 1918: Civil War and the Execution of the Tsar

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Political map of Russia & the former Soviet Union on 31 Jul 1918 (The Russian Civil War: The White Phase: Civil War and the Execution of the Tsar), showing the following events: Seizure of Trans-Siberian Railway; Lenin orders authorities in Murmansk to resist further Allied landings; Prov. Gov. of Vladivostok; Left Social Revolutionary Party uprising against Bolsheviks; Russian Imperial family executed in Yekaterinburg.

Yaroslavl

Moscow

Petrograd

Yekaterinburg

Jun–Jul 1918“White” factions gain power as
Czechoslovaks seize control
of Trans-Siberian Railway

Jun 1918Allies clash with
Bolsheviks in Murmansk

6–7 Jul 1918Left SR uprising crushed

6 Jul 1918Allies back “White”
regime in Vladivostok

17 Jul 1918Bolsheviks
shoot Tsar
and family

Civil War and the Execution of the Tsar

31 Jul 1918 Civil War and the Execution of the Tsar 1 Sep 1918 Allied Intervention in Russia 1 Nov 1918 End of the Great War 1 Dec 1918 Kolchak's All-Russian Government 3 Feb 1919 Soviet Russian Counter-Offensives 30 Apr 1919 Revolution in Europe 1 Aug 1919 Denikin and Yudenich Attack 1 Nov 1919 Whites in Retreat 3 Jan 1920 End of Kolchak 3 Apr 1920 Nikolayevsk Incident 19 May 1920 Creation of the Far Eastern Republic 12 Aug 1920 Battle of Warsaw

The Czechoslovak troops seized much of the Trans-Siberian Railway. With their support, anti-Bolshevik factions quickly gained power across Siberia. Simultaneously, disgruntled leftists rose up in Moscow and Yaroslavl, but were crushed after a few days.

Tsar Nicholas II and his family had been moved to the Ural city of Yekaterinburg in April. On July 17, concerned about the approaching Czechoslovaks, the Bolsheviks executed them by firing squad.

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7 Jun–25 Jul 1918 Seizure of Trans-Siberian Railway ▲

The Czechoslovak Legion seized control of much of the Trans-Siberian Railroad, capturing Omsk, Samara, Syzran, and Vladivostok in June 1918; followed by Ufa, Irkutsk, and Yekaterinburg in July. By 25 July, they had linked the entire central section from Yekaterinburg to Irkutsk. Wherever the Czechoslovaks gained power, they helped install White provisional governments. in wikipedia

25 Jun 1918 Lenin orders authorities in Murmansk to resist further Allied landings ▲

Lenin orders authorities in Murmansk to resist further Allied landings in wikipedia

6–7 Jul 1918 Left Social Revolutionary Party uprising against Bolsheviks ▲

Left Social Revolutionary Party uprising against Bolsheviks in wikipedia

6 Jul 1918 Prov. Gov. of Vladivostok ▲

Allied protectorate over Provisional Government of Vladivostok in wikipedia

17 Jul 1918 Russian Imperial family executed in Yekaterinburg ▲

Russian Imperial family executed in Yekaterinburg in wikipedia

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