White movement

The White movement (Russian: Бѣлое движенiе/Белое движение, tr. Beloye dvizheniye; IPA: [ˈbʲɛləɪ dvʲɪˈʐenʲɪɪ]) and its military arm the White Army (Бѣлая Армiя/Белая Армия, Belaya Armiya), also known as the White Guard (Бѣлая Гвардiя/Белая Гвардия, Belaya Gvardiya) or the Whites (Белые and белогвардейцы, "White Guardsmen"), was a loose confederation of Anti-Communist forces that fought the Bolsheviks (большевики, "Majority") in the Russian Civil War (1917–1922/3) and, to a lesser extent, continued operating as militarized associations both outside and within Russian borders until roughly the Second World War.

Remnants and continuations of the movement, some of which only had narrow support, endured within the wider White émigré community until after the fall of Communism.

Structure and ideology

In the Russian context after 1917 "White" had three main connotations:

  • political contra-distinction to the Reds, whose revolutionary Red Army supported the Bolshevik government
  • historical reference to absolute monarchy, specifically recalling Russia's first Tsar, Ivan III (reigned 1462–1505), at a period when some styled the ruler of Muscovy Albus Rex ("the White King")
  • White Army (disambiguation)

    White Army may refer to:

  • The military arm of the White movement, a loose coalition of anti-Bolshevik forces in the Russian Civil War
  • The White Guard (Finland), which constituted the bulk of the White Army Finnish government forces in the Finnish Civil War
  • The Saudi Arabian National Guard
  • The National Guard of Kuwait
  • The Nuer White Army, a semi-organised militancy of Nuer youths in South Sudan
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Reflections

    by: Atrium

    Lyrics: (Screamed parts in CAPITALS)
    *Intro*
    YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
    *First Verse*
    PLEASE OPEN YOUR EYES
    So then I can breathe
    JUST STRAY FROM THE SKIES
    Talk to me
    TALK TO MEEE
    Breathe
    And then we'll see-ee
    *First Chorus-Intro*
    Look into my eyes
    AND TELL ME WHY
    When you look into my reflections,
    Will you see how much I've changed,
    Will you See you've made a connection,
    Or will you be just as deranged
    Look into my eyes
    AND TELL ME WHY
    *Second Verse Intro*
    PLEASE OPEN YOUR EYES
    Return to me-eeh
    Just stray from the skies
    come to mee-eee
    COME TO MEEE-EH
    *Second Chorus-Intro*
    Retuu-uurn
    To mee-eeee
    Look into my eyes
    AND TELL ME WHY
    *Second Chorus*
    When you look into my reflections,
    Will you see how much I've changed,
    Will you See you've made a connection,
    Or will you be just as deranged
    Look into my eyes
    AND TELL ME WHY
    I'm left alone with me
    *Breakdown*
    JUST OPEN UP AND SEE
    WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO ME
    HOW MUCH DO YOU PERCIEVE
    ON MY REFLECTIONS
    *Guitar Solo*
    *Outro*




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