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Orel: the high-water
Oct 1919 — Denikin’s drive on Moscow reaches Orel, 400 km from the Kremlin — the closest any White army comes. Overstretched and unsupported, it can go no further, and the Red counterattack begins here.
This is one scene of Chapter 7 — Why the Reds Won in The Russian Revolution, 1905–1924.
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