# Canonical recap data for Russian Civil War Begins (1918)
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slug: russian-civil-war
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1918/russian-civil-war"
title: Russian Civil War Begins
subtitle: The Bolsheviks faced White Army opposition across a vast, fractured landscape—a brutal conflict that solidified Soviet power through force.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1917-11-07
datePrecision: day
year: 1918
decade: 1910
country:
name: Russia
slug: russia
summaryShort: The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire, lasting from 1917 to 1922, sparked by the overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future. It resulted in the formation of the Russian Socialist Fede
summaryLong: The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire, lasting from 1917 to 1922, sparked by the overthrowing of the Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future. It resulted in the formation of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic and later the Soviet Union in most of its territory. Its finale marked the end of the Russian Revolution, which was one of the key events of the 20th century.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/CWRArticleImage.jpg/1280px-CWRArticleImage.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Russian Civil War"
importance: 87
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Civil_War"
  title: Russian Civil War
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire, lasting from 1917 to 1922, sparked by the overthrowing of the Russian Provisiona
wikidataQid: Q79911
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260628135358/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Civil_War"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-28
  label: Russian Civil War
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Civil_War"
taxonomy:
domain: military
eventTypes:
- civil_war
- war
canonicalClasses:
- conflict
- collapse
- transformation
impactRadius: national
velocity: gradual
predictability: forecastable
intentionality: coordinated
domainCoupling: multi_domain
