The Phenomenon of Party-Political Work in the Red Army during the Civil War: Conceptual Foundations, Principles, Forms and Methods (1918–1920)

Abstract

During the Civil War in Russia (1918–1920), the system of party-political work took its origin, strengthened and functioned successfully. It was initiated by the Communist Party, which ruled in the young Republic of Soviets, mainly by V.I. Lenin’s efforts. The article briefly reveals the conceptual foundations, principles, forms and methods of party-political work in the years of 1918–20. It has been proved that they corresponded to the Bolshevik doctrinal attitudes considering the specificity of the historical situation that developed during the fratricidal struggle of the Russian Civil War.

Keywords

• civil war
• the workers’ and peasants’ red army
• party-political work
• vladimir lenin
• leon trotsky
• soviet patriotism
• the world revolution
• soviet state