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[[Image:Red Army recruitment poster.jpg|right|thumb|Red Army recruitment poster "Did you sign up as a volunteer?"]]
After the [[October Revolution]], [[Vladimir Lenin]] ordered that the old army be demobilized and a new Red Army formed of Peasants and Workers. Lenin appointed [[Leon Trotsky]] as its commander. The new fledgeling army had to be assembled quickly in response to the [[White Army]]. Trotsky was effective in pulling the new army together, and later Lenin remarked, "Show me another man who could have practically created a model army in a year and win the respect of military specialists as well." The Red Army went on to defeat the [[White Army]] in the civil war.
After the [[October Revolution]], [[Vladimir Lenin]] ordered that the old army be demobilized and a new Red Army formed of Peasants and Workers. Lenin appointed [[Leon Trotsky]] as its commander. The new fledgeling army had to be assembled quickly in response to the [[White Army]]. Trotsky was effective in pulling the new army together, and later Lenin remarked, "Show me another man who could have practically created a model army in a year and win the respect of military specialists as well." The Red Army went on to defeat the [[White Army]] in the civil war.