Women and men in a workers militia during the Russian Civil War. Soviet working class fought with great heroism to defend the Russian Revolution.
Invading American troops in the northern Russian coastal city of Arkhangelsk during the 1918-1921 Russian Civil War. Despite the intervention of imperialist armies to support the counterrevolutionaries, the Communists with great sacrifice prevailed in the conflict.
5 May, 1920: Lenin addresses Red Army soldiers about to depart for Civil War operations against the invading forces of capitalist Poland. Standing beside the platform to Lenin’s left is Red Army leader Leon Trotsky.
1920: Communist poster during the Russian Civil War: “The ruler of the world will be the labouring class.”
“Join the Party! We Promise You No Advantages from Doing So; It Is Hard Work”
