History
Volunteer and Revolutionary. An Attempt to Save the Russian Army in 1917
In 1917, the Russian army found itself in a deep crisis. Amidst the ongoing war, successive governments required unconventional methods to maintain combat readiness and revive military spirit. The response to the crisis was the concept of a volunteer revolutionary army, which was supposed to inspire regular units of conscripts and eventually replace them as the foundation for the armed forces. Read about the outcome of this experiment in the article by historian Konstantin Tarasov.
