Krasnaya Gvardiya
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Krasnaya Gvardiya, or the Red Guards, were armed worker militias that played a key role as the Bolsheviks’ main fighting force during the Russian Revolution of 1917.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed militia
ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ revolutionary organization ⓘ |
| activeDuringEvent |
February Revolution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
October Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armedWith |
light artillery
ⓘ
machine guns ⓘ rifles ⓘ |
| commandStructure |
loosely organized
ⓘ
under Bolshevik military leadership ⓘ |
| composedOf |
armed workers
ⓘ
industrial workers ⓘ revolutionary soldiers ⓘ |
| country | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| disestablishedDuring | Russian Civil War reorganization ⓘ |
| formedBy | Bolshevik Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| goal |
defense of the revolution
ⓘ
overthrow of the Provisional Government ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | Red Guards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOriginalName | Красная гвардия NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key instrument of Bolshevik seizure of power ⓘ |
| ideology | Bolshevism ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Russian ⓘ |
| militaryRole | main fighting force of the Bolsheviks in 1917 ⓘ |
| notableActivity |
guarding strategic facilities
ⓘ
participation in street fighting in 1917 ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Moscow
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Petrograd NERFINISHED ⓘ Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposed |
Provisional Government of Russia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
counterrevolutionary forces ⓘ |
| organizationalBasis |
factory-based detachments
ⓘ
workers’ committees ⓘ |
| partOf | Bolshevik movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
communist
ⓘ
far-left ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Red Army of Workers and Peasants
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
soviets NERFINISHED ⓘ workers’ militias ⓘ |
| roleInEvent |
seizure of key points in Petrograd in October 1917
ⓘ
support of Bolshevik insurrection ⓘ |
| subsequentlyTransformedInto | Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Bolshevik soviets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolism | association with the color red as a symbol of revolution ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Russian Revolution of 1917 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| typeOfMembership | volunteer ⓘ |
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