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White- (бело-), a prefix used by
Bolshevik s to designate their real and alleged enemies of all sorts, by analogy with the White Army.*White-Guardist ("белогвардеец"): a member of the "White Guard". The members of the
White movement never applied the term "White Guardist" to themselves. Also, White-Guardists were called simply "Whites" ('белые', 'беляки') by their opponents.*White-emigrant (белоэмигрант): any citizen of the Tsarist
Russian Empire who left the country during the Russian Revolution or theRussian Civil War (1917-1922). White emigrants were perceived as a threat to the Soviet state, a source ofespionage andcounter-revolutionary plots.*White-Pole (белополяк): a term that appeared during the
Polish-Soviet War , and later reemerged during the annexation of a part ofPoland inWorld War II .*White-Finn (белофинн): a term introduced during the unsuccessful attempt to initiate a revolution in
Finland in 1917-1918, and reintroduced as part of thepropaganda related to the preparation of theWinter War against Finland. the term continued to be in the subsequent use, e.g., in the context of theKarelian Uprising .*White-Chinese (белокитаец): a term denoting Chinese forces that fought together with the White Army in
Siberia and theRussian Far East , as well as anti-communist Chinese during theChinese Civil War .*White-Czechs (белочехи): members of the
Czech Legion .
*White-Cossacks (белоказаки):cossack military that fought against the Bolsheviks during the Civil War. These terms were supposed to distinguish, e.g., "good Poles" from "bad Poles", and usually bore a derogatory gist.To obtain a prefix "white-" in one's papers while being imprisoned in the
Soviet Union automatically meant application ofArticle 58 .
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