Why did England send troops to Northern Russia?

Question by antireeses122: Why did England send troops to Northern Russia during the Russian Revolution?
I need to write this 5 paragraph essay comparing Mr. Pilkington from animal farm and capitalist government of england and united states and i found a small sentence on the web that England had no direct role in the Russian Revolution but they sent a small detachment of troops to Northern Russia. Does anyone know why? and can you type out what website you got it off from besides wikipedia?

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Answer by Spellbound *JPA RIP flackie
All of the Western Allies sent detachments of troops to various Russian ports after Russia withdrew from the war after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
28,000 Japanese – Vladivostok
24,000 Greeks – Crimea
16,000 British – Arkhangelsk and Vladivostok (My Gt Grandfather was in Arkhangelsk)
13,000 Americans (in the Arkhangelsk and Vladivostok regions)
12,000 French – Arkhangelsk & Odessa
12,000 Poles – Crimea & Ukraine
4,000 Canadians – Arkhangelsk and Vladivostok
4,000 Serbs – Arkhangelsk
4,000 Romanians – Arkhangelsk
2,000 Italians – Arkhangelsk
2,000 Chinese – Arkhangelsk
560 Australians – Arkhangelsk

There were several reasons for the Allied Intervention: to secure the Czech Legion – a pro-Allied army of captured Czechs who wanted to fight the Austro-Hungarian Empire; to secure the ports and ensure the White (anti-Bolshevik armies) got supplies of arms and ammunition; and to try to re-open the Eastern Front against the Central Powers; and to support the newly independent (or to bolster independence claims) of Finland and the Baltic Republics – there is a plaque commemorating the British Sailors who helped Estonia become independent near one of the city gates in Tallinn.
See:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/eastern_front_01.shtml#six
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/pathways/firstworldwar/spotlights/allies.htm

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