The Russian Civil War was a military conflict fought between December 25, 1918 and August 20, 1924, and was the result of continued tensions between the Socialist/Communist parties in Russia and the Imperial Russian Government. Originally planned for the July of 1917, Communist revolutionaries had grown in number throughout the World War as a result of mass starvation of the working class and the conscription of the Russian people. However, the originally plan was aborted after the Russian victories in early 1917, and the end of the war in December that same year.