Decoding of the Red Army and its historical significance

After the October coup of 1917 (this was what the Soviet historians called this event until the end of the thirties), Marxism became the dominant ideology in almost the entire territory of the former Russian empire. Immediately it became clear that not all the provisions of this theory, declared by science, have direct practical value. In particular, Karl Marx declared the uselessness of the armed forces in the country of victorious socialism. To protect the frontiers, in his opinion, it was quite enough simply to arm the proletarians, and they already somehow themselves ...

Down with the army!

At first, it was so. After the publication of the decree "On Peace", the Bolsheviks abolished the army, and the war was stopped unilaterally, than the former adversaries-Austria-Hungary and Germany-were inexpressibly pleased. Soon, again, it turned out that these actions were hasty, and the young Soviet republic has enough enemies, but there is nobody to defend it.

"Com for the war morn" and its creators

The new defense department was first named not by the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army (the decipherment of the Red Army), but much more simply by the Committee on Maritime Affairs (the notorious "comrade on military command"). The leaders of this department - Krylenko, Dybenko and Antonov-Ovsienko - were uneducated people, but resourceful. The further fate of them, as well as the very creator of the Red Army, comrade. Leonid Trotsky, historians interpreted ambiguously. At first they were declared heroes, although from Lenin's article "A difficult but necessary lesson" (24.02.1918) one can understand that some of them screwed up fairly. Then they were shot or destroyed in other ways, but later.

Creation of the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army

At the beginning of 1918, the affairs on the fronts became quite unhappy. The socialist fatherland was in danger, which was announced in the relevant appeal of February 22. The next day the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army was established, at least on paper. In less than a month, LD Trotsky, who became a People's Commissar and chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council (Revolutionary Military Council), realized that the situation could be rectified only by applying the most stringent measures. It was not enough to volunteer to fight for the power of the Soviets, but there was no one to direct them.

The formation of the Red Guard was more like a peasant gang than a regular army. Without involvement of the tsarist military experts (officers), it was practically impossible to establish a business, and these people seemed extremely unreliable in the class sense. Then Trotsky, with his ingenious resourcefulness, devised, near each competent commander, to put on the commissar with the Mauser in order to "control".

Deciphering the Red Army, as well as the abbreviation itself, was hard given to the Bolshevik leaders. Some of them poorly pronounced the letter "p", and those who could overpower it, still stammered from time to time. This did not prevent in the future many streets in major cities to give names in honor of the 10th anniversary, and later the 20th anniversary of the Red Army.

And, of course, without compulsory mobilization, the "worker-peasant" could not do without, as without the most severe measures to increase discipline. The decree of the Red Army pointed to the right of the proletarians to defend the socialist fatherland. At the same time they should remember the inevitability of punishment for any attempts to evade this duty.

Differences of the SA from the Red Army

Deciphering the Red Army as the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army retained its name until 1946, after going through very painful stages in the development of the Armed Forces of the USSR, defeat and victory. Becoming Soviet, it has preserved many traditions that have origins in the era of the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars. The Institute of Military Commissioners (political instructors) then gained strength, then weakened, depending on the political and strategic situation on the fronts. The tasks that were put before the Red Army changed, like her military doctrine.

In the final analysis, a new Soviet patriotism came to replace internationalism, which presupposed an early world revolution. The servicemen of the USSR were inspired with the idea that there are no homeland for the working people of kaprts, it is only among the happy inhabitants of the Soviet republics and other "people's democratic" entities. This was untrue, the fatherland is for all people, and not only for the Red Army soldiers.