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How did the Bolsheviks consolidate their rule, 1918 - 1924? The Bolsheviks seized power quite easily in October 1917 yet it would be the consolidating their rule, which would prove far greater of a challenge. It would be not till 1921 that the majority of Russia would come under Bolshevik rule. The threats that the Bolsheviks would face would be a serious threat to their existence. However as Germany and Austro-Hungary would prove great threats to them yet it would be internal affairs that would prove much more threaten. This threat would come from groups such as Loyalists and social revolution parties that would come together and fight to be known as the 'Whites' to seize power or to stop the Bolsheviks from gaining control, which would lead to a vicious civil war. Other socialist groups such as the SR's and Mensheviks would prove a hard enemy to defeat. The main...

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