ict in Russia". Although the Legion had no specifically anti-Bolshevik aims, its resounding success against Soviet forces provided enormous encouragement for the White cause, and thus proved to be an external threat to the Bolshevik regime. All these factors were bound to culminate into a civil war, the legacies of which are painful, and yet necessary to some.
             In analyzing effects of the civil war on unity and stability, long term and short term effects should be taken into consideration. In response to the short term effects, the civil war created disorder in both the unity
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