Chinese In The Russian Revolution And In The Russian Civil War
There are a number of reports about the involvement of Chinese detachments in the Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War. Chinese served as bodyguards of Bolshevik functionaries, served in the Cheka, and even formed complete regiments of the Red Army. Although it has been estimated that there were tens of thousands of Chinese troops in the Red Army, they did not constitute a significant fraction of the Red Army." By the summer of 1919, the Red Army comprised over a million men. By November 1920, it comprised over 1.8 million men.
Other notable examples of foreigners serving in the Red Army include Koreans in the Russian Far East, World War I Hungarian POWs under Béla Kun, Red Latvian Riflemen as well as a number of other national detachments.
Read more about Chinese In The Russian Revolution And In The Russian Civil War: Background: Chinese Speakers in Russia, Dungans in The 1916 Revolt, Chinese Participation in The Allied Intervention, Notable Persons, In Literature
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