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| − | Red Guards were groups of Russian armed | + | Red Guards were groups of Russian armed factory workers, which Vladimir Ilyich Lenin organized to march on the Winter Palace in November 1917. The Red Guards arrested the leader of the Russian provisional government. The Red Guards had over 200,000 personnel and did perform as the regular army between the time of the new Soviet government. The Red Guard demobilized the old Russian military and then the Red Army was created. |
Revision as of 03:54, January 22, 2007
Red Guards were groups of Russian armed factory workers, which Vladimir Ilyich Lenin organized to march on the Winter Palace in November 1917. The Red Guards arrested the leader of the Russian provisional government. The Red Guards had over 200,000 personnel and did perform as the regular army between the time of the new Soviet government. The Red Guard demobilized the old Russian military and then the Red Army was created.