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Red Army

Red Army troops attacking German troops in the snow, Pskov, 1918. %+%Person%m%2%n%Tsar Nicholas%-% signed his abdication papers in Pschov in March of the previous year. Text (Reverse): В. К. Дмцтрцевскцц И. В. Еастцнеев Г.И. Прокопцмскцй Рождение Красной Армии первый бой с немцами под Псковом в 1918 году Birth of the Red Army The first battle with the Germans at Pskov in 1918

Red Army troops attacking German troops in the snow, Pskov, 1918. Tsar Nicholas signed his abdication papers in Pschov in March of the previous year.

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В. К. Дмцтрцевскцц

И. В. Еастцнеев

Г.И. Прокопцмскцй

Рождение Красной Армии

первый бой с немцами под Псковом в 1918 году



Birth of the Red Army

The first battle with the Germans at Pskov in 1918

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Red Army was the Army of the new Soviet Russian state. Organized and led by Leon Trotsky, it defeated the White Armies in the Russian Civil War.