superior unity

• Anniversary of Soviet regime appearing in a hopeless situation

  October 1917
• Germany defeated, could no longer threaten Soviet Russia

  November 11, 1918
• Enemies of the Soviet power and the resources available to them increased daily
• White Armies

  Anti-Red forces that threatened the Soviet power's heartland
• White was associated with the imperial army, implying a return of tsarism and landlords if they won
• Independent Poland aimed to reclaim Ukrainian and Byelorussian lands, which were previously part of the Polish state
• Nationalist regimes in Northern Caucasus and Transcaucasia appeared lost to Communism and possibly to Russia
• Eastern Siberia seemed likely to come under Japanese rule due to food shortages, economic collapse, and epidemics, but could rely on help from the victorious Allies