The History of the Civil War

The epic story of the Russian Civil War (1918-21): the White Terror, the counterrevolutionary uprisings, the guerrilla war, the Kolchak front, the Wrangel front and the Kronstadt rebellion. Chaos and violence, devastation and death.

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Leon Trotsky

Self - Soviet Politician

Nicolai Kazadanov

Self - Soviet Officer

Konstantin Mekhonoshin

Self - Soviet Officer

Innocenti Kozhevnikov

Self - Soviet Officer

Fyodor Raskolnikov

Self - Soviet Officer

Filipp Mironov

Self - Soviet Officer

Ian Poluian

Self - Soviet Politician

Konstantin Bulatkin

Self - Soviet Officer

Ivar Smilga

Self - Soviet Officer

Nestor Makhno

Self - Black Army Commander

Sergei Zakharov

Self - Soviet Officer

Vasily Chapayev

Self - Soviet Officer

Grigory Zinoviev

Self - Soviet Politician

Alexander Kolchak

Self - White Army Commander

Sergei Ordzhonikidze

Self - Soviet Officer

Sergei Kirov

Self - Soviet Officer

Kliment Voroshilov

Self - Soviet Officer

Semyon Budyonny

Self - Soviet Officer

Mikhail Kalinin

Self - Soviet Officer

Mikhail Tukhachevsky

Self - Soviet Officer

Grigory Petrovsky

Self - Soviet Politician

Directing

Dziga Vertov

Director

Editing

Nikolai Izvolov

Archival Footage Coordinator

Production

Writing

Dziga Vertov

Original Film Writer

Directing

Dziga Vertov

Director

Editing

Nikolai Izvolov

Archival Footage Coordinator

Production

Writing

Dziga Vertov

Original Film Writer