Red Army

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the founding decree?Issued by the Council of People's Commissars in January 1918
2. What is the primary adversaries (early)?Forces of the Russian Civil War, notably the White Army
3. What was the Red Army and when was it created?The Red Army was a new army formed after the Russian Revolution, officially created in January 1918 by the Council of People's Commissars.
4. Why did the Red Army fight against the White Army?It fought the White Army during the Russian Civil War because the White Army was a counter‑revolutionary force threatening the new government.

Council of People's Commissars: The government body that established the Red Army in Soviet Russia.
Russian Civil War: A multi-sided conflict from 1917 to 1922 following the Bolshevik Revolution.
Eastern Front (WWII): The theatre of conflict between the Axis powers and the Soviet Union during World War II.
Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The process by which the Soviet Union broke apart into independent republics in 1991.