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Beevor Claims Russian Civil War Defined Most of 20th Century History
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The Russian Mindset and Where it Comes From - Historian Sir Antony Beevor
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"The Russian Civil War had the greatest influence because the sheer horror of it, the sheer scale, if you include the disease, those suffering from disease and starvation, you're talking about up to 10 million casualties. This created such an effect, not just across Europe, even across the world."
Antony Beevor argued the Russian Civil War, not World War I, was the defining catastrophe of the 20th century with up to 10 million casualties. He stated it created the fear and ideological split between communism and fascism that led to the Spanish Civil War and contributed significantly to World War II, with effects still visible today in geopolitics.
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- The Russian Mindset and Where it Comes From - Historian Sir Antony Beevor
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