Russia'A masterpiece of history' DAILY TELEGRAPH Between 1917 and 1921, a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many regard this savage civil war as the most influential event of the modern era. An incompatible White alliance of moderate socialists and reactionary monarchists stood little chance against Trotsky's Red Army and Lenin's single minded Communist dictatorship. Terror begat terror, which in turn