On April 22 the Soviet government decreed compulsory military training for workers and peasants who did not employ hired labour. This was the beginning of the Red Army. Its founder was Leon ...

Maria joined the Red Army aged 18 in 1942, one of almost 800,000 women serving in the Soviet military during the war. Little is known about her military career: one account claims that she “went ...

Faction: The Red Army After the Russian revolution in 1917, the new Soviet government formed a Workers’ and Peasants’ Red ...

Ryan O'Leary of Carroll, who leads a company of foreign volunteers fighting for Ukraine, is accused by Russia of terrorist acts and being a mercenary ...