History of Russia abroad: “Three Colours of Truth” exhibition in Paris casts light on the Civil War in Russia

The Russian Orthodox Religious and Cultural Center in Paris (France) has mounted the exhibition “Three Colours of Truth”. It is built on the materials of the “Three Colours of Truth” project, which had been running from May 30 through September 9 in the Museum of Contemporary History of Russia. The exhibition sheds light on one of the most tragic pages in Russian history and main opposing forces: the Reds, the Whites and the Greens, their ideals and goals.

The exhibition showcases extracts from diaries of participants of events and memoirs, orders, leaflets, flags, photographs and newsreels of that time, which show the catastrophe of people of Russia who got caught up in the armed conflict between various political forces.