Red Army (1917-1922) 2016-10-05

The workers and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабоче-крестьянская Красная армия; РККА or Raboche-krest'yanskaya Krasnaya armiya; RKKA) started out as the Soviet Russia's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918–1922 and Red Cossacks Army of Ukrainian Republic, the official history of which begins from 22 December 1917. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s, the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.