Green armies
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Peasant Army in Russian Civil War of 1918-1919
Key facts
- Leaders
- Ivan Klyopov ( Livny ), Danylos Terpylo ( Trypillia ), Nykyfor Hryhoriv ( Kherson ), Alexander Antonov ( Tambov )
- Dates of operation
- 1918–1922
- Motives
- The end of war communism and the policy of requisitioning
- Active regions
- Throughout Russia and Ukraine
- Ideology
- Agrarianism , Anti-Bolshevism , Factions: , Agrarian socialism , Neo-narodism , Anarchism , Revolutionary socialism , Nationalism
- Political position
- Left-wing
- Size
- 70,000 (peak)
- Opponents
- Bolsheviks Soviet Russia White Movement Russian State
- Battles and wars
- Russian Civil War Trypillian Incident Anti-Hetman Uprising Livny Uprising 1919 Soviet invasion of Ukraine Chapan rebellion , Tambov Rebellion Pitchfork uprising Southern Russia intervention West Siberian rebellion Akulevsky uprising [ ru ] Sheksna uprising
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- political movement
- Country
- Ukraine
- Conflict
- Tambov Rebellion
- Political ideology
- anti-authoritarianism
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- political alignment
- big tent
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Ukraine
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Encyclopedic overview
The Green armies (Russian: Зеленоармейцы, romanized: Zelenoarmeytsy), also known as the Green Army (Russian: Зелёная армия, romanized: Zelyonaya armiya) or Greens (Russian: Зелёные, romanized: Zelyonyye), were armed peasant groups which fought against all governments in the Russian Civil War from 1918 to 1922. The Green armies were semi-organized local militias that opposed the Bolsheviks, Whites, and foreign interventionists, and fought to protect their communities from requisitions or reprisals carried out by third parties. The Green armies were politically and ideologically neutral, but at times associated with the Socialist-Revolutionary Party. The Green armies had at least tacit support throughout much of Russia. However, their primary base, the peasantry, were largely reluctant to wage an active campaign during the Russian Civil War and, with an impending Bolshevik victory, dissolved in 1922.
Background
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