Green armies

Green armies
Leaders	Ivan Klyopov (Livny) Nestor Makhno (Yekaterinoslav) Danylos Terpylo (Trypillia) Nykyfor Hryhoriv (Kherson) Alexander Antonov (Tambov)
Dates of operation	1918–1922
Motives	The end of war communism and the policy of requisitioning.
Active regions	Throughout Russia and Ukraine
Ideology	Agrarianism Anti-Bolshevism Factions: Agrarian socialism Neo-narodism Anarchism Revolutionary socialism
Political position	Left-wing
Opponents	Bolsheviks Soviet Russia White Movement Russian State
Battles and wars	Livny Uprising Chapan rebellion Tambov Rebellion Pitchfork uprising Southern Russia Intervention West Siberian rebellion

The Green armies (Russian: Зеленоармейцы), also known as the Green Army (Зелёная Армия) or Greens (Зелёные), were armed peasant groups which fought against all governments in the Russian Civil War from 1917 to 1922. The Green armies were semi-organized local militias that opposed the Bolsheviks, Whites, and foreign interventionists, and fought to protect their communities from requisitions or reprisals carried out by third parties.^[1] The Green armies were politically and ideologically neutral, but at times associated with the Socialist-Revolutionary Party. The Green armies had at least tacit support throughout much of Russia. However, their primary base, the peasantry, were largely reluctant to wage an active campaign during the Russian Civil War and eventually dissolved following Bolshevik victory in 1922.^[2]