Treaty of Brest-Litovsk is signed - ww1 allies begin supporting whites
May 1918
Czech legion captures large section of Trans-Siberian railway. Conscription into red army
July 1918
Nicholas 2 and family executed
August 1918
Kaplan shoots Lenin (wounded). Start of Red Terror - Cheka used to search and execute whites. 300,000 Whites killed by Cheka over the course of Civil War
March 1919
Kolchak's army crosses Ural Mountains but reds push back advance
June 1919
Denikin's army captures key cities
October 1919
Yudenich's army almost captures Petrograd but Reds win and drive it back. Denekin advances closer to Moscow - Trotsky's skilful tactics force whites to retreat
January 1920
Kolchak captured by Bolsheviks and executed in Feb
April 1920
Denikin replaced by General Wrangel
May-July 1920
Polish army invades Russia and takes control of Kiev. Red army counter-attack drives them back to Poland
August 1920
Red army defeated by polish army outside Warsaw. Peasant uprisings in Tambov province as Bolsheviks increased grain taxes
November 1920
Red army defeats last white army. Bolsheviks win Civil War
February 1921
Bolsheviks send 100,00 troops to Tambov to defeat peasant uprising
