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Anti-Bolshevik White armies

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Forces opposed to the Bolsheviks for whom the deposed royal family could become a rallying point, leading to the execution of Tsar Nicholas II and his family.

Pearson Edexcel · Option 30: Key topic 2: The Bolsheviks in power, 1917–24 - 1 Early consolidation of power, 1917–18 (study guide)

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Option 30: Key topic 2: The Bolsheviks in power, 1917–24 - 1 Early consolidation of power, 1917–18 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)

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