The impact of foreign countries on the Civil War was minimal for a number of reasons: World War One had ended in 1918, resulting in a lack of commitment to Russia With the threat of Germany gone ...

MOSCOW, June 24. /TASS/. An attempt to stir up Russian society and foment a civil war has failed, said Sergey Naryshkin, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service and Chairman of the Russian ...

Lenin negotiated peace with Germany and therefore an end to Russia's role in World War One. However he could not avoid a civil war. The Russian Civil War raged from 1918 until the start of 1921.