| Green armies | |
|---|---|
| Leaders | Ivan Klyopov (Livny) Nestor Makhno (Yekaterinoslav) Danylos Terpylo (Trypillia) Nykyfor Hryhoriv (Kherson) Alexander Antonov (Tambov) |
| Dates of operation | 1918–1922 |
| Motives | The end of war communism and the policy of requisitioning. |
| Active regions | Throughout Russia and Ukraine |
| Ideology | Agrarianism Anti-Bolshevism Factions: Agrarian socialism Neo-narodism Anarchism Revolutionary socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Opponents |  Bolsheviks
|
| Battles and wars | Livny Uprising Chapan rebellion Tambov Rebellion Pitchfork uprising Southern Russia Intervention West Siberian rebellion Akulevsky uprising |
The Green armies (Russian: Зеленоармейцы), also known as the Green Army (Зелёная Армия) or Greens (Зелёные), were armed peasant groups which fought against all governments in the Russian Civil War from 1918 to 1922. The Green armies were semi-organized local militias that opposed the Bolsheviks, Whites, and foreign interventionists, and fought to protect their communities from requisitions or reprisals carried out by third parties.[1] The Green armies were politically and ideologically neutral, but at times associated with the Socialist-Revolutionary Party. The Green armies had at least tacit support throughout much of Russia. However, their primary base, the peasantry, were largely reluctant to wage an active campaign during the Russian Civil War and, with an impending Bolshevik victory, dissolved in 1922.[2]
- ^ Figes 1996, pp. 626, 653–654, 722; Werth 1999, pp. 89, 100, 112.
- ^ Avrich 2014, p. 15; Brovkin 2015, pp. 129, 145; Figes 1996, pp. 818, 820; Khvostov 1997, p. 39; Werth 1999, pp. 111–113, 118, 130.