The Whites in the Russian Civil War supported which of the following?

The Whites in the Russian Civil War supported which of the following?

• A. Czar Nicholas II
• B. Lenin
• C. Stalin
• D. Trotsky

Answer: (A)

The Whites fought to overturn the Bolshevik regime and restore the old order in Russia, often aiming for a return to the tsarist system or a non-Bolshevik government. Because Nicholas II symbolized the Tsarist autocracy they hoped to revive, he is the figure they most clearly supported in their broader aim, even though he had been deposed and, eventually, executed. Lenin, Stalin, and Trotsky were leaders of the Bolsheviks who held power and sought socialist transformation, so they were on the opposite side of the conflict.

The Whites fought to overturn the Bolshevik regime and restore the old order in Russia, often aiming for a return to the tsarist system or a non-Bolshevik government. Because Nicholas II symbolized the Tsarist autocracy they hoped to revive, he is the figure they most clearly supported in their broader aim, even though he had been deposed and, eventually, executed. Lenin, Stalin, and Trotsky were leaders of the Bolsheviks who held power and sought socialist transformation, so they were on the opposite side of the conflict.