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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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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Red Guards alsoKnownAs Krasnaya Gvardiya