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The Russian Civil War was a conflict between the Bolsheviks (Reds) and the Whites (Anti-Bolsheviks) that lasted from 1917 to 1922. During the war, Kosygin was conscripted into the labour army, which was a forced labour force that was used to construct fortifications and work on other projects. The war ended with the victory of the Bolsheviks, who established the Soviet Union.