Apprendisti Storici

During the summer of 1918 many fighters (called the White Army) wanted to restore the monarchy with the support of western countries.

In order to prevent the restoration, the royal family of Romanov was killed the 16th of July 1918 by the Bolsheviks starting the red terror against political competitors.

Trotsky formed the "red army" in order to stop the civil war and also to stop the armies of foreign countries that wanted to repress the communism and revolution in Russia and taking advantage of Russia's weakness.