The Soviet Union provided some limited assistance at the beginning of the war, but the result was a bitter fight between communists and other leftists in a series of events known as the May Days, as Joseph Stalin asserted Soviet control of the Republican government, ending in another defeat of anarchists at the hands of the communists.
ðə sˈoʊviət jˈuːniən pɹəvˈaɪdᵻd sˌʌm lˈɪmɪɾᵻd ɐsˈɪstəns æt ðə bɪɡˈɪnɪŋ ʌvðə wˈɔːɹ, bˌʌt ðə ɹɪzˈʌlt wʌzɐ bˈɪɾɚ fˈaɪt bᵻtwˌiːn kˈɑːmjuːnˌɪsts ænd ˈʌðɚ lˈɛftɪsts ɪn ɐ sˈɪɹiz ʌv ᵻvˈɛnts nˈoʊn æz ðə mˈeɪ dˈeɪz, æz dʒˈoʊsəf stˈɑːlɪn ɐsˈɜːɾᵻd sˈoʊviət kəntɹˈoʊl ʌvðə ɹᵻpˈʌblɪkən ɡˈʌvɚnmənt, ˈɛndɪŋ ɪn ɐnˈʌðɚ dᵻfˈiːt ʌv ˈænɑːɹkˌɪsts æt ðə hˈændz ʌvðə kˈɑːmjuːnˌɪsts.