• The Secretary of State for War is Winston Churchill.
• General Denikin was one of the commanders of the White forces. He was a bitter enemy of the Bolsheviks. He wanted to put the Tsar back in power in Russia.
• Denikin's forces operated mainly in Western Russia and the Ukraine.
• Lenin was the overall leader of the Bolsheviks (Communists). Trotsky was in charge of the Communist war effort.
• Admiral Kolchak also wanted to put the Tsar back in power in Russia. His forces operated in Southern and Eastern Russia, a long way to the East of Denikin's forces.