Tuhia tētahi tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I te raumati o te tau 1919, i ārahi a Denikin i te whakaekenga o ngā ope Pākehā ki te tonga i roto i tā rātau whakaekenga whakamutunga ki te hopu i a Moscow. Mo tetahi wa, i puta mai ko te White Army ka angitu i tana kaupapa; Ko Leon Trotsky, hei rangatira nui o te ope Whero, i whakatere tere ki te kirimana me te anarchist "Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine" a Nestor Makhno (te 'Black Army') mo te tautoko tahi. I huri a Makhno i tana ope pango ki te rawhiti ka arahi ki nga raina tuku a Denikin, ka akiaki i nga White ki te hoki. Ka hinga te ope a Denikin i Orel
i Oketopa 1919, e 360 kiromita ki te tonga o Moscow. Ko nga ope White i te tonga o Ruhia ka hoki whakamuri tonu i muri mai, ka tae ki te Crimea i te Maehe 1920.