Russian+Civil+War

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 * =** __Russian Civil War__ **=
 * **between 1918-1921**
 * **the point was to tear Russia apart**
 * **lasted three years long**
 * **this war occurred because many groups including (known as the Whites)**
 * **monarchists**
 * **militarists**
 * **foreign nations**
 * **they opposed the Bolsheviks (known as the Reds)**
 * **The Reds defeated the Whites and ran them out of Russia**
 * **[|Russian Civil War Flags]**
 * **In the story there flag consisted of a green table cloth with a white hoof, and horn**

__Battle of the Cowshed__
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 * **The Battle of the Cowshed is the first battle that took place in this novel**
 * **The animals took control and succeeded to take control over the farm**
 * **The pigeons alerted the Animal Farm**
 * **Mr. Pilkington and Frederick were going to try and take over the farm**
 * **Thanks to snowball who studied Julius Caesars work to help the animals defeat the men**
 * **"Snowball, who had studied an old book of Julius Caesar's campaigns which he had found in the farmhouse, was in charge of the defensive operations"(28).**
 * **The men were quickly defeated and where ran out of the town**
 * **"At a moment when the opening was clear, the men were glad eough to rush out of the yard and make a bolt for the main road" (29).**

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 * **[|Russian Civil War]**
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