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The Red Army: History, Structure, and Legacy of the Soviet Union's Ground Forces
The Red Army was the military force established by the Bolsheviks in 1918, which grew from a revolutionary militia into the Soviet Union's primary land force. It played a decisive role in the Russian Civil War and World War II, ultimately becoming one of the most powerful armies in history before its renaming in 1946.