The Russian imperial army and navy disintegrated after the outbreak of the Revolution of 1917, so the Council of the People's Commissars created the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army on a voluntary ...

After the Russian revolution in 1917, the new Soviet government formed a Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army. Here's the latest as the U.S. imposes tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico Ben Stil ...

A brilliant organiser and improviser, Trotsky created the Red Army out of the Red Guards and from the remnants of the old Tsarist army. Appointing ex-Tsarist officers was questioned, but Trotsky ...

"The red ribbon with blue/white ... learn about his great-grandfather's medals while others shared their own stories. "My Grandfather was also in an Army band in the Pacific during WW2 and also ...