Trotsky became Commissar for War in the Bolshevik government in March 1918. A brilliant organiser and improviser, Trotsky created the Red Army out of the Red Guards and from the remnants of the ...

A special project in which leading scholars and experts from the United States, Europe and Russia examine various aspects of the October Revolution and highlight trends and issues that connect the ...

Red Flag hears testimony of members of the Red ... and without fail to bring up his son a Bolshevik. That's the kind of faith he had. A Bolshevik to the end." But it was not just possible ...

The large population of the major cities was a key resource for the Bolsheviks. The cities provided fresh recruitment for the Red Army. Much of Russia's industry and raw materials was located in ...