ABSTRACT
Rhoda Power provides an outsider’s view of the start of the Civil War. The main part of my book consists of documents drawn from the archives in Rostóv-on-Don. They are listed roughly in chronological order and fall into four main groups:
1 The political struggle for South Russia. 2 The adventures of Reds escaping from Rostóv in the summer of 1918 after the Whites
expelled the Don Soviet Republic and took control of the city. 3 The Communist underground in Rostóv and Nakhicheván’ during the 18 months of
White rule. 4 The Red Army retake Rostóv.
