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“The deeper the Whites moved into the steppe, the more they resorted to terror against a hostile population. Their Ice March left a trail of blood. It was perhaps unavoidable, given the Volunteers' desperate need for food and the reluctance of the peasants to give it to them. The Whites were stranded in a Red peasant sea. But there was also an element of sheer class war and revenge in their violence, as in so many acts of the White Terror, which was a mirror image of the class resentment and hatred that drove the Red Terror. Terror lay at the heart of both regimes.”

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Book:A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924
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Orlando Figes is a renowned British historian known for his in-depth research into Russian history. His works cover a wide range of topics from the Tsarist Russia to the Soviet era, and are praised for their detailed research and vivid storytelling. more

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