HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Communists
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Detailed explanation-1: -On April 22, 1918, the Soviet government decreed compulsory military training for workers and peasants who did not employ hired labour, and this was the beginning of the Red Army. Its founder was Leon Trotsky, people’s commissar for war from March 1918 until he lost the post in November 1924.
Detailed explanation-2: -Civil War broke out in Russia in late 1917 after the Bolshevik Revolution. The warring factions included the Red and White Armies. The Red Army fought for the Lenin’s Bolshevik government.
Detailed explanation-3: -The transformation of the Red Army began in March 1918 with the appointment of Leon Trotsky as war commissar. Most historians agree that Trotsky’s leadership was instrumental in crafting the Red Army into a professional military force.