Editing Béla Kun (section)

=== Activity in Crimea ===
Béla Kun then went into [[exile]] in Vienna, then controlled by the Social Democratic Party of Austria. He was captured and interned in Austria, but was released in exchange for Austrian prisoners in Russia in July 1920. He never returned to Hungary. Once in Russia, he rejoined the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]. Kun was put in charge of the regional Revolutionary Committee in Crimea, which during the Russian Civil War changed hands numerous times and was for a time a stronghold of the anti-Bolshevik White Army. It was in Crimea that the White Russians led by General Wrangel made their last stand against the Red Army in 1920. Kun and Rosalia Zemlyachka, with Lenin's approval, also executed around 50,000 White prisoners of war and civilians. They had surrendered after having been promised amnesty. While in control of the Crimea, Kun carried out a policy of mass arrests, executions and atrocities. In the process, between 60,000 and 70,000 inhabitants of the Crimea were shot.