 Since Russian patriotism served as a legitimizing prop of old order, Bolshevik leaders were anxious to suppress its manifestations and ensure its eventual extinction.They officially discouraged Russian nationalism and remnants of Imperial patriotism, such as the wearing of military awards received before Civil War.Some their followers were unlike minded; in non-Russian territories Bolshevik power was often regarded as renewed Russian imperialism during 1919 to 1921.