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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Krasnaya Gvardiya canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed militia ⓘ
paramilitary organization ⓘ
revolutionary organization ⓘ
activeDuringEvent February Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution

October Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution
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 ⓘ
goal defense of the revolution ⓘ
overthrow of the Provisional Government ⓘ
hasEnglishName Red Guards ⓘ
hasOriginalName Красная гвардия ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Petrograd ⓘ
linked to: Leningrad

Russia ⓘ
opposed Provisional Government of Russia ⓘ
counterrevolutionary forces ⓘ
organizationalBasis factory-based detachments ⓘ
workers’ committees ⓘ
partOf Bolshevik movement ⓘ
linked to: Bolshevism
politicalAlignment communist ⓘ
far-left ⓘ
relatedConcept Red Army of Workers and Peasants ⓘ
linked to: Red Army

soviets ⓘ
linked to: Soviets

workers’ militias ⓘ
roleInEvent seizure of key points in Petrograd in October 1917 ⓘ
support of Bolshevik insurrection ⓘ
subsequentlyTransformedInto Red Army ⓘ
supportedBy Bolshevik soviets ⓘ
linked to: Soviets
symbolism association with the color red as a symbol of revolution ⓘ
timePeriod Russian Revolution of 1917 ⓘ
linked to: Russian Revolution
typeOfMembership volunteer ⓘ

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Red Guards → alsoKnownAs → Krasnaya Gvardiya ⓘ