The Russian Civil War ended in 1923 with Lenin’s Red Army claiming victory and establishing the Soviet Union.
Communist leaders gathered in Moscow 103 years ago to create a central government. They eliminated private property, banned political opposition, and outlawed religious displays. It was the beginning of the Soviet Union. They even banned blue jeans as symbols of the evil West, enemies of the Socialists. They forced millions of people into a federation initially made up of Russia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, and the Transcaucasian republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. The Baltic States were incorporated against their will in 1939.
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Russia was one of the most impoverished countries in the world. While peasants starved, the dictator known as the Czar lived lavishly in the Imperial Palace near St. Petersburg. In early 1917, thousands of protests erupted throughout Russia; the groups demanded an end to the monarchy.
Instead, they wanted to be ruled by a local council of workers, also known as Soviets.
The Surrender and 68 Years of Misery
In March, the revolution triumphed when regiment after regiment of the Imperial Army defected to the communist cause, forcing the government to resign. Czar Nicholas the Second abdicated after years in exile.
Vladimir Lenin, leader of the Bolshevik party, left Switzerland and returned to Russia on July 6, 1923. Lenin and his cohorts adopted the original draft of the USSR Constitution. The communists would rule Russia with absolute authority for the next 68 years.
The end came on Christmas Day, 1991, after decades of inflation and food shortages. Dictator Mikhail Gorbachev resigned, abolished his position, handed the nuclear codes to incoming President Boris Yeltsin, and lowered the Soviet flag for the last time.
The Russian Revolution and its ideology brought about the greatest humanitarian disaster in history. For the next century, communism would cause the deaths of 100 million people. The grim figure includes 25 million Russians, at least 40 million Chinese, and another 30 million in places like Vietnam, North Korea, and Cuba. The leading cause of death in a socialist society: starvation.
We not only face the threat of communism, we face their allies, radical Islamists.
Ronald Reagan warned us about communism.
Now that the democrat party has gone full commie, we should all listen to this once again.
Pass the Save America Act.
Our country is at stake. pic.twitter.com/wsEYZdBfEE
— Glockford Files (@GlockfordFiles) July 1, 2026
Most of the history vie Bill O’Reilly
