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, the successive governments required unconventional methods to maintain combat readiness and revive the 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. To find out how this experiment ended, read the article by historian Konstantin Tarasov.
