RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR WHITE ARMY vs. RED ARMY (1919)

Synopsis

This Soviet propaganda film recounts the crucial events of 1919 with the White Army battling the Red Army for control of Russia. Narrator: In the summer of 1919, the Soviet Republic was threatened by a new military power. General Denikin formed an army of 200,000 people out of officers, Cossacks, and groups of local nationalists in the south. In July 1919, in Tsaritsyn, general Denikin issued a directive ordering the forces to take over Moscow. (01.00) An offensive was launched. In October 1919, Denikin occupied Oryol, his troops were threatening Moscow. (01.46) ‘There should be no indifferent people among us! Everyone should fight Denikin!’, the Pravda newspaper appealed. Forces of the Red Army of peasants and workers left from Moscow to fight the white guards. (02.27) Denikin’s army was stopped near Oryol, parts of the Red Army launched a counter attack. The Whites left Oryol on October 20. Soon, Voronezh and Kursk were liberated from the Denikin’s army. (03.16) In December 1919, the Red Army was succeeding in battles in Ukraine and entered Kiev. In January 1920, the Donets basin was taken over. Rostov, the center of the counterrevolutionary movement, was occupied. The White army of Denikin was defeated. Anton Ivanovich Denikin (16 December 1872 – 8 August 1947) was a Lieutenant General in the Imperial Russian Army (1916) and afterwards a leading general of the White movement in the Russian Civil War. This film recounts how Denikin led one final assault of the southern…

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Running time

4 minutes

Language

English

Collection

Ephemeral Films

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