The Green Movement in the Civil War in Russia. The Peasant Front Between the Reds and Whites. 1918—1922.

The book by Doctor of Historical Sciences A.V. Posadsky, a specialist in the history of the Civil War in Russia, is devoted to the mass peasant armed movement of 1918—1922. It was called the "green" movement and represented the self-defense... of peasants against the invasions of various participants in the Civil War into their lives and everyday activities, a form of armed struggle by the village for its interests. In the changing circumstances of the Civil War, the green movement could transform into a red-green and white-green one. However, its main strength lay in its mass character.
The grand "green" wave of May—August 1919 in the Russian provinces demonstrated the village's attitude towards the communists, requisitions, and mobilizations.
The weakly structured peasant protest, although it had no chances for military victory, represented a form of independent peasant participation in the Civil War.
The author, based on extensive archival and memoir material, shows the attitude towards the greens from the white and red camps, external observers, and pays attention to the image of the greens in propaganda and literature.
The work analyzes the interconnection of the green movement with the million-strong flow of deserters from the Red Army and white armies.