After six days of fighting, the Volunteer Army commanded by the counterrevolutionary General Kaledin defeats the local Red Guard companies and occupies Rostov, a major industrial center in southern Russia. Meanwhile, conflict continues to rage in the Bolshevik leadership over the question of the Constituent Assembly. Vladivostok, December 11 (November 28, O.S.): Japanese army occupies … Continue reading December 11-17: White forces capture Rostov