Russian pass for a Canadian going to Murmansk, 1918 Item came from Colonel Leckie who was involved in the intervention. This item may have been sent to the Canadian War Museum (CWM) by Colin Stevens. - TO CONFIRM. The North Russia Intervention, also known as the Northern Russian Expedition and the Murman Deployment, was part of the Allied Intervention in Russia after the October Revolution. The intervention brought about the involvement of foreign troops in the Russian Civil War on the side of the White movement. The northern campaign lasted from the final months of World War I in 1918 through to September1919.