The Rise and Fall of the Red Cavalry in the Russian Civil War (1918-1920). The Case of the 1st Cavalry Army

Abstract

Between 1918 and 1920, the 1st Cavalry Army, a formation of the Red Army, reflected the way in which the peasant world had been transformed and deformed by the civil war. Formed mainly by peasants, 1st Cavalry Army arose out of local conditions and resourses, and aimed at defending the people from the "whites".

The crisis of the 1st Cavalry Army was a sign that the Bolshevik regime was to about to face new trends.

Keywords

• Russia
• the 20th century
• the civil war
• Polish-Soviet war
• the army