Red Guards

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armed worker militia paramilitary organization revolutionary organization

The Red Guards were armed worker militias organized by the Bolsheviks that played a key role in seizing and consolidating power during the Russian Revolution of 1917.

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Label Occurrences
Red Guards canonical 5
workers’ Red Guards 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed worker militia ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
revolutionary organization ⓘ
activeIn Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Russian Revolution of 1917
alsoKnownAs Krasnaya Gvardiya ⓘ
armedBy Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form: Bolsheviks
armedWith artillery (limited) ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ
small arms ⓘ
composedOf factory workers ⓘ
industrial workers ⓘ
revolutionary youth ⓘ
country Russian Empire ⓘ
disbandedOrAbsorbed 1918 ⓘ
formedInPeriod 1917 ⓘ
function enforce Bolshevik authority in cities ⓘ
guard key infrastructure ⓘ
participate in armed uprisings ⓘ
protect Bolshevik organizations ⓘ
goal defend the revolution ⓘ
help seize and consolidate Bolshevik power ⓘ
ideology Bolshevism ⓘ
Marxism ⓘ
communism ⓘ
language Russian ⓘ
location Moscow ⓘ
Leningrad ⓘ
surface form: Petrograd

major industrial centers of Russia ⓘ
loyalTo Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form: Bolshevik Party leadership

Vladimir Lenin ⓘ
opposedTo Russian Provisional Government ⓘ
surface form: Provisional Government of Russia

White movement ⓘ
counterrevolutionary forces ⓘ
organizedBy Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
surface form: Bolsheviks

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) ⓘ
partOf Bolshevik military forces ⓘ
early Soviet armed forces ⓘ
politicalAlignment far-left ⓘ
precededBy workers' self-defense detachments ⓘ
roleInEvent July Days ⓘ
Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: October Revolution

disarming of counterrevolutionary units ⓘ
seizure of key points in Petrograd ⓘ
storming of the Winter Palace ⓘ
supported Petrograd Soviet ⓘ
Soviets ⓘ
transformedInto Red Army units ⓘ
Red Army ⓘ
surface form: Workers' and Peasants' Red Army

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks) → paramilitaryWing → Red Guards ⓘ
Storming of the Winter Palace → hasParticipant → Red Guards ⓘ
Storming of the Winter Palace → supportedBy → Red Guards ⓘ
this entity surface form: workers’ Red Guards
Krasnogvardeysky Bridge → namedAfter → Red Guards ⓘ
Krasnogvardeyskaya → namedAfter → Red Guards ⓘ
Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet → commanded → Red Guards ⓘ