Revolution and Civil War in North Russia shines a much-needed light on the establishment and consolidation of Bolshevik power on the civil war periphery and examines the Allied/anti-Bolshevik military and home fronts from a previously uncharted perspective. Expanding our understanding of the Russian civil war, this book provides the first detailed, archival-based study in English to analyse the two neighbouring regions of Karelia and Murmansk. Despite not being far from the revolutionary capital, Petrograd, both territories resisted the establishment of Bolshevik power longer than many others and so this study offers novel insights into the complexities of the struggle that eventually led to communist rule. Alistair S. Wright reflects on how both Karelia and Murmansk relied on food being imported, comparing how this problem was dealt with by the two independent local governments. Wright shows, for the first time, how providing Murmansk with food supplies was a key feature of Allied intervention during the conflict, part of an informative analysis of Bolshevik and Allied food supply polices to be found throughout the book. Revolution and Civil War on the Murmansk Railway is the first detailed, archival based study in English, to analyse the two neighbouring grain deficit regions, Karelia and Murmansk. Although there are similarities to the experiences of other fronts, the civil war in Karelia and the Murmansk region was distinct. Murmansk became dominated by Allied, especially British forces, which meant that the anti-Bolshevik and White regimes not only received military support, but also food supplies – an underexplored aspect of the Allied intervention. In Petrozavodsk, local leaders were in a constant struggle to secure enough domestic grain imports to meet the needs of the population, but central decrees had a different impact in the periphery according to local circumstances. The Left SRs, for example, remained a significant force in Karelia long after the party’s marginalisation on a national scale, which meant Bolshevik policies could be resisted for longer. The Bolsheviks therefore also came to rely on force. By the end of 1918, despite its limitations on the battlefield when facing Allied troops, the Red Army had helped spread the influence of Bolshevik power to the district centres. Both the White and Bolshevik regimes endured several crises over the course of 1919, but ultimately it was the Bolsheviks who emerged victorious on this front. This was possible, in part, by the weakening of the White regime following the Allies’ withdrawal in October 1919, but also through increased centralisation, dedicated local leaders, the securing of enough grain, and a relatively successful anti-desertion campaign.