Kammala wannan jumlar: A watan Mayu na shekarar 1917 manyan bangarorin sojojin Latvia sun mika amincinsu ga 'yan Bolshevik. An san su da Red Latvian Riflemen (, ) kuma sun shiga cikin yakin basasa na Rasha. 'Yan bindigar sun taka rawar gani a cikin dakile tayar da kayar baya na Bolshevik a Moscow da Yaroslavl a 1918. Sun yi yaƙi da Denikin, Yudenich, da Wrangel. Bayan nasara a
Oryol-Kromy aiki a kan Denikin a watan Oktoba 1919 sashen na Latvian Riflemen ya sami mafi girman girmamawa na soja a wancan lokacin: Jigon Red Flag na VTsIK. Jukums Vācietis, tsoho ne a cikin 'yan bindigar Latvia ya zama babban kwamandan rundunar sojan Red Army.