The case of the «Volga Espionage Organization». 1919 by A. V. Ganin

Subjects: “…red army…”
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The tragedy of the South-Western Front: Kyiv disaster of 1941 by O. K. Maliutina, K. Z. Maliutin

“…One of the most terrible and difficult to understand pages of the Second World War history is the death of the Red Army South-Western Front in the second half of September 1941. …”
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Une « drôle de guerre » à l’écran : Khalkhin Gol by Alexandre Sumpf

“…Shot in 1939 in Mongolia and edited in Moscow by documentary filmmaker Ilya Kopalin, Khalkhin Gol recounts the achievements of the Red Army and its commander General Zhukov in the struggle against the Japanese enemy. …”
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Preparation of the New Military Units for the Front (the Experience of the Siberian Military District) by A. G. Bayer

“…Ground troops of the Red Army included 303 Division 3 separate rifle and 16 airborne brigades. …”
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USSR in World War II by M. Yu. Myagkov

“…The signing of the Pact was preceded by the failure in August 1939 of the negotiations between the military mis­sions of Britain, France and the USSR, although Moscow took the Anglo-French-Soviet nego­tiations with all seriousness.The huge losses of the USSR in the summer of 1941 are explained by the following circum­stances: before the war, a large-scale modernization of the Red Army was launched, a gradu­ate of a military school did not have sufficient experience in managing an entrusted unit by June 22, 1941; the Red Army was going to bleed the enemy in border battles, stop it with short counterattacks by covering units, carry out defensive operations, and then strike a de­cisive blow into the depths of the enemy's territory, so the importance of a multi-echeloned long-term defense in 1941 was underestimated by the command of the Red Army and it was not ready for it; significant groupings of the Western Special Military District were drawn into potential salients, which was used by the Germans at the initial stage of the war; Stalin's fear of provoking Hitler to start a war led to slowness in making the most urgent and necessary decisions to bring troops to combat readiness.The Allies delayed the opening of the second front for an unreasonably long time. …”
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Českoslovenští letci v sovětské internaci za 2. světové války by Ladislav Kudrna

“…After outbreak the War 115 airmen were captured by the Red Army. These men went through several internment camps. …”
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Srbija na istorijskoj prekretnici 1944: slom monarhista i pobeda komunističkih snaga by Nemanja Dević

“…Finally, in September 1944, the Red Army came to their aid, accelerating the liberation and making a key contribution to the expulsion of German occupying forces. …”
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Anton Nilsson et l’écho d’une bombe. Malmö, 1908-1917 by Lars Berggren, Roger Johansson

“…On Midsummer's Eve 1919, Anton Nilsson took an international flight certificate and went to the young Soviet state to become a pilot in the Red Army. He remained an agitator throughout his life and participated as a centenarian in the First of May demonstration in Stockholm, where he then lived and later was also buried.…”
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White pages of biography of Marshal of the Soviet Union L. A. Govorov by A. V. Ganin

“…Govorov, after switching to the side of the Red Army in December 1919 concealed his service in the rank of second lieutenant on the orders of Admiral A. …”
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Struggle for Liberation of the Peoples of Yugoslavia (Belgrade Operation) by N. F. Azyasskiy

“…It symbolized the military cooperation of the two countries, which at the most difficult times in their history have always been in the same ranks in the struggle against the common enemy. The Red Army and the People's Liberation Army of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ) were actively joined by the troops of the Fatherland Front of Bulgaria. …”
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Silent Protesters or Acceptors? The Reaction of the Russian-speakers to the Removal of the Soviet Monuments in Latvia and Estonia after Russia’s Full-scale Invasion of Ukraine* by Aleksandra Kuczyńska-Zonik

“…It is argued here that the reconstruction of the public space by shifting the most visual symbol of the victory of the Red Army in the WWII has not induced hot feelings among the Russian-speaking society, and thus, it has not motivated community to take part in the open protest against the removal. …”
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Réflexions sur la déchéance de nationalité en contexte terroriste – (pluri)appartenance et (sous)citoyenneté en France et au Maghreb by Delphine Perrin

“…The form of terrorism which had affected Europe during the Cold War (the Red Army Fraction in the Federal Republic of Germany, the Red Brigades in Italy, or Direct Action in France) had been handled from an endogenous angle, without bringing the issue of nationality into question despite a similar transnational political situation. …”
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Little-Known Operations of the Soviet Troops in Liberation of Czechoslovakia by V. B. Makovsky

“…There were favorable conditions for the further deployment of the Red Army offensive deep into Czechoslovakia and access to the southern border of Germany. …”
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Old believers in the 20th century of Lithuania by Grigorijus Potašenko

“…During World War II, some of the Old Believers joined the Red Army, others joined the underground army. Many Old Believers stayed in Lithuania. …”
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Bobruisk line of defense at the end of June 1941 by S. E. Novikov, A. V. Sushko

“…The commentary, based on the use of little-known documentary information, reveals the content of the traditional and new historiographic narratives about the defensive battles of the Red Army in the context of solving local problems of keeping one of the defensive lines on the Berezina River near the Belarusian city of Bobruisk by Soviet troops. …”
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Sudeten: Erinnerung reinterpretiert by Jan Pacholski

“…As a result, it became one of many so­called monu­ ments of gratitude to the Red Army. After the political changes in 1989, the dilapidated obelisk, with its red with the red paint already flaking off, was covered with sheets of bluish glass with the logo of Powszechny Zakład Ubezpieczeń (the oldestt surviving Polish insurance company) attached. …”
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Relations between Russia and Lithuania in the contemporary Lithuanian historiography by Nerijus Šepetys

“… It is impossible to imagine the 20th century in the history of Russian and Lithuanian relations without the "Soviet power" brought on the bayonets of the Red Army. Lithuania successfully fended off the bayonets' thrust in 1918-1919; however, these bayonets subdued Lithuania with insidiousness and constraint in 1940 and by force and violence in 1945. …”
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Attempt to save Friendship, or What the Liberator of Prague Did in Czechoslovakia in May 1968 by I. A. Permyakov, S. G. Antonenko

“…The delegation of the Soviet military leaders had a symbolic, cultural significance and was intended to revive the memory of the events of 1945, of the victims of the Red Army and the brotherhood in arms of Soviet and Czechoslovak soldiers. …”
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The Anti-Hitler Coalition: From Enmity to Military Alliance — A Formula for Success by A. Yu. Borisov

“…They try to revive certain political myths, which have been debunked long ago, that the Soviet Union and the Nazi Germany bear equal responsibility for the outbreak of World War II, that the Red Army did not liberate Eastern Europe but ‘occupied’ it. …”
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The People's Commissariat of Foreign Affairs (NKID) of the USSR in the City of Kuibyshev (1941-1943) by S. I. Chernyavsky

“…First of all, it was about the concentration of diplomatic activity in specific areas that could provide real assistance to the Red Army in obtaining the necessary weapons and strategic raw materials. …”
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