Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 John Rhode The man blew himself up

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a Zainichi Korean banker sick of being ostracized for his ethnicity

But what follows is a blood-streaked trail across three continents

MOTHER OF THE NATION

Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 John Rhode The man blew himself upBetween 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many regard this savage civil war as the most influential event of the modern era. An incompatible White alliance of moderate socialists and reactionary monarchists stood little chance against Trotsky's Red Army and Lenin's single minded Communist dictatorship. Terror begat terror, which in turn led to even greater cruelty with man's