title: The Civil War in Russia. 1917–1922: Сomprehension after a Hundred Years
abstract: The article gives an excursion into the history of civil wars, characterizes their main features and peculiarities. The paper indicates the most significant studies of this subject. The periodization of the study of the Russian Civil War over the past hundred years is presented, and the main features and peculiarities of the Soviet and post-Soviet stages of its cognition are highlighted. The paper discovers the main results of the work done by historians on understanding the Civil War in Russia 
journal: Modern History of Russia