Lenin negotiated peace with Germany and therefore an end to Russia's role in World War One. However he could not avoid a civil war ... Trotsky created the Red Army out of the Red Guards and ...

culminating in the Red Army's full possession of the city on February 13, 1945, as follows from documents released as part of a new historical and educational project presented by the Russian ...

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

as Bolshevik forces recaptured Yekaterinburg from the anti-communist White movement during the Russian Civil War. “Just for reference: the Red Army entered Yekaterinburg and established its ...

In the wake of the Allied liberation of Greece, the fighting transformed into a civil war, pitting Soviet-backed Communists against ... that counterinsurgency operations were winnable.Red Acropolis, ...

Splits in Russia's army are deepening ... Throughout the war, there have been constant reports of Russian soldiers killing themselves after being subjected to brutal treatment by their officers.

On February 25, 1921, after days of fierce battles around the capital, the Russian Red Army captured Tbilisi ... he said that “today we know” that the Russia-Ukraine war could have been avoided, ...

However, as the Civil War developed, the White Armies began to ... The cities provided fresh recruitment for the Red Army. Much of Russia's industry and raw materials was located in this area.