He acted with sharpness and determination. How did Trotsky create the Red Army? In 1918, when the civil war began, the Bolsheviks essentially had no army: the old Tsarist regiments collapsed, and the volunteer units of the Red Guard fled in the first serious clashes. At this critical moment Trotsky stood at the head of the military department. He abolished the election of commanders, banned all soldier assemblies at the front, and reinstated the toughest discipline, including execution for desertion. Instead of voluntary enlistment, he introduced universal conscription. Within just a few years, Trotsky turned the scattered partisan units into a strong regular Red Army. Why did this lead to a conflict with Stalin – in the new issue of "LIKBEZ. By".

He acted with sharpness and determination. How did Trotsky create the Red Army? In 1918, when the civil war began, the Bolsheviks essentially had no army: the old Tsarist regiments collapsed, and the volunteer units of the Red Guard fled in the first serious clashes. At this critical moment Trotsky stood at the head of the military department. He abolished the election of commanders, banned all soldier assemblies at the front, and reinstated the toughest discipline, including execution for desertion. Instead of voluntary enlistment, he introduced universal conscription. Within just a few years, Trotsky turned the scattered partisan units into a strong regular Red Army. Why did this lead to a conflict with Stalin – in the new issue of "LIKBEZ. By".