The Bolshevik's writ ran only as far as they could assert their control by force of arms. In the winter of 1917/18 the champions of Old Russia - former army officers - made their way to the south of Russia to organise and launch a concerted military challenge to Soveit power.

This article is located in the History of the First World War Volume 6 (REF D522 .H58 1969 V.6).