100 years of the Red Army

The collection contains materials of the round table, which took place on February 20, 2018. They reflect various stages of the origin, formation and subsequent activities of the Red Army and the Navy. Considerable attention is paid to the background of the Red Army, the development of problems of military construction in the works of theorists of scientific communism. Most articles of the authors of the collection are devoted to the problems of the early history of the Red Army, solving the problems of the old army, the role of the army in the October Revolution of 1917, and its participation in the development of various problems of the young Soviet state. The participation of the Red Army in the events of 1918 is considered - its role is shown in the reflection of military intervention and the fight against local counter -revolution. There is a complex composition of the young Red Army, connecting to its actions of old military specialists, participation in its ranks of anarchists, the real role of the old members of the Bolshevik party in the construction of a new type of army is revealed. The collection reflects not only the participation of the Red Army in hostilities, but also shows its participation in the restoration of the national economy during the civil war. In the articles of the collection, the topic of attitude to the Red Army of its opponents from the counter -revolution camp also finds. A number of documents reflecting the activities of the Red Army in the early stages of its formation are also given in this collection.
The collection is primarily intended for historians - researchers, university teachers, high school history teachers, for all those who are interested in the history of our Fatherland and, above all, the military history of Russia of the 20th century