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The main instrument with which the Bolsheviks imposed communism on Russia was the Red Army. Traditionally the origins of this army were among the factory workers who laid down their tools and took up arms as a way of expressing their grievances. Already formed by the time of the revolutions of 1905 and February 1917, these militant workers organised themselves into parliamentary detachments known as the krasnogvardeytsi, or 'Red Guards'. In this first of two volumes [see Men-at-Arms 305: White Armies] focusing on the Russian Civil War, Mikhail Khvostov examines the Red Army's organisation, weaponry, uniforms and insignia.

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Introduction · The Red Guards · The Red Army · Chronology · Red Army Organisation · Weaponry · Uniforms and Insignia · The Plates

The Russian Civil War (1): The Red Army

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 15 May 1996
      ISBN-13 9781855326088
      978-1855326088
      ISBN-10 1855326086
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      Military History Land forces and warfare

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The main instrument with which the Bolsheviks imposed communism on Russia was the Red Army. Traditionally the origins of this army were among the factory workers who laid down their tools and took up arms as a way of expressing their grievances. Already formed by the time of the revolutions of 1905 and February 1917, these militant workers organised themselves into parliamentary detachments known as the krasnogvardeytsi, or 'Red Guards'. In this first of two volumes [see Men-at-Arms 305: White Armies] focusing on the Russian Civil War, Mikhail Khvostov examines the Red Army's organisation, weaponry, uniforms and insignia.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction · The Red Guards · The Red Army · Chronology · Red Army Organisation · Weaponry · Uniforms and Insignia · The Plates

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