Kornilov assumed command of the White Army recently formed by Alekseyev. Kornilov was killed in April 1918, and Denikin became commander of the White forces in southern Russia.
The White Army, also known as the White Guard, was a common collective name for the armed formations of the White movement and anti-Soviet governments during the Civil War in Russia.
Q. How did the area under Bolshevik control make it easier for the Bolsheviks to defeat the White forces?
While the Bolsheviks had Lenin as their leader, no one person was in charge of the White forces. … As a result, there was virtually no co-operation between the various White Armies. They fought independently and this made it easier for the Red Army to defeat them individually.
Q. Who was the leader of the White Army?
Vladimir Lenin
Q. Why did the White Army fight the Red Army?
The Red Army was an army of communists. The White Army opposed the communists. Other forces fought against both these groups or sometimes helped one against the other. … The Red Army won this war because their army was better-organized and they held the best territory.
Q. Who were known as white in Russia?
In the 18th/19th century, orthodox bishops from Mogilev were called White Russian bishops. During the time of the Church Union of Brest (1596-1815), all Union bishops from Polotsk as well as the Union metropolitan were also called White Russian.
During the Russian Civil War, which took place from 1918 to 1922 after the Russian Revolution, the Whites were a diverse group of anti-Bolshevik forces that …
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