By March 1918, the bread ration in Petrograd was only 50grams per day
Opposition to the Bolsheviks
Nationalists objected to losing land to the Germans in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Lenin dissolving the Constituent Assembly in January 1918
The November and December decrees led to land being seized from the nobles, landlords and the Church
The Causes of the Civil War
The Social Revolutionaries and Cadets accused the Bolsheviks of seizing power by force
By June 1918, the workforce in Petrograd has shrunk by 60%
Bankers and Industrialists lost their wealth and businesses because of the decree on banking in 1918
The Causes of the Civil War
Foreign Powers (Britain, France, USA, Japan)
Liberal and Moderate Socialists who wanted law and order
Russia’s ex-allies who feared the spread of Communism to their own countries
Former Tsarists, nationalists, nobles, landowners and wealthy industrialists
40,000 Czech soldiers who originally fought for Austria-Hungary but switched sides to fight for Russia after capture
National minorities who wanted independence from Russia
Armed peasants and anarchists
Opponents of the Bolsheviks
Food Shortages and Starvation
