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FoundedRussian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
Size World War II
Commanded byGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Allegiance Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Founders Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Leon Trotsky
Mao Zedong
Engagements Eastern Front
Russian Civil War
Winter War
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
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The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, frequently shortened to Red Army, was the army and the air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The army was established immediately after the 1917 October Revolution.

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... During WWII, millions of Ukrainians served in the Soviet Red Army, but thousands of others fought on the German side under the Galicia Division...

Trudeau calls praise for Nazi-linked veteran 'deeply embarrassing'

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... Thousands of Ukrainians fought on the German side during the war, but millions more served in the Soviet Red Army...

Shops asked to halt mafia-themed Scotch whisky orders

Shops asked to halt mafia-themed Scotch whisky orders
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... In 2014, Portman Group issued a retailer alert bulletin against Bartex Bartol for its product Red Army Vodka...

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Vladimir Putin at 70: Seven pivotal moments that made him
Oct 5,2022 9:20 pm

... Putin desperately rang the nearest Red Army garrison to request protection, and they helplessly replied " we cannot do anything without orders from Moscow...

Kaliningrad row: 'Sanctions have brought my factory to a standstill'

Kaliningrad row: 'Sanctions have brought my factory to a standstill'
Jun 22,2022 10:30 pm

... It was the Red Army that seized Kaliningrad (or Königsberg as it was known) from Germany at the end of World War Two...

Roman Abramovich: From orphan to sanctioned billionaire oligarch

Roman Abramovich: From orphan to sanctioned billionaire oligarch
Mar 28,2022 9:00 pm

... " He left school at 16, worked as a mechanic and served in the Red Army before selling plastic toys in Moscow...

Ukraine war: Children of the Soviet era running from Russia

Ukraine war: Children of the Soviet era running from Russia
Mar 10,2022 1:55 am

... But the Red Army is long gone...

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Should the West arm a Ukrainian resistance?
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... When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan more than four decades ago, the West supplied weapons and training to Afghan fighters - the Mujahideen - who sought to fight the Red Army through ambushes and attacks...

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