Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-4907 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1913 (Online)


Red army

Аctivities of the Military council of the Atkarsk-Rtishchevo fortification area in July – August 1919

The article examines a little-known episode of the Civil War – the activities of the Military Council of the Atkarsk-Rtishchevo fortified region from the moment the fortified area was created on July 19, 1919, until it was disbanded on August 8, 1919. The activities of the Military Council contributed to the repulse of the attack of the Caucasian Army of the Armed Forces of the South of Russia on Saratov. 

The activities of the Red Army to combat the famine of 1921–1922 (on the example of military units located in the Yaroslavl province)

The scientific article, based on archival sources and publications of the local press, examines the activities of the Red Army to combat the famine of 1921–1922. The main directions of activity of military units of the Yaroslavl province are studied. The organizational aspects of the activities of the Commission for Famine Relief under the Yaroslavl Provincial Commissariat for Military Affairs are considered. Conclusions are drawn about the participation of the Red Army in the fight against the consequences of hunger. 

The periodization of formation of Russian Red Army in the works of its founder

The focused on the periodization of the Soviet military construction during the Civil War at an early stage of its development in the first post-war decade

COMMANDER IN CHIEF M. A. MURAVIEV AND CREATION THE EAST FRONT (JUNE – JULY 1918)

This article is devoted to the problems of organization activities of first commander of chief of west front civil war M. A. Muraviev to creation a regular army forces.