As part of its Women’s History Month coverage, The National Interest is publishing a multi-part series honoring some of ...

Hundreds of thousands of foreigners served in the Wehrmacht, most famously the Vlasov Army.

The Russian Civil War raged from 1918 until the ... A brilliant organiser and improviser, Trotsky created the Red Army out of the Red Guards and from the remnants of the old Tsarist army.

In December, together with Zhang Yunyi and Wei Baqun, he launched the Bose Uprising, founding the Youjiang Soviet Government and the Seventh Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and ...

Syed Firdaus Ashraf marches through time to trace the bitter history between Russia and its West European neighbours.

The cities provided fresh recruitment for the Red Army. Much of Russia's industry and raw materials was located in this area. This made it possible for the Bolsheviks to keep their troops supplied ...