Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna May 1917 zvikamu zvikuru zvevarwi veLatvia zvakachinjisa kuvimbika kwazvo kuvaBolshevik. Vakazozivikanwa seRed Latvian Riflemen (, ) uye vakatora chikamu muRussia Civil War. Varwi vakashingaira mukudzvinyirira kupandukira kwevaBolshevik muMoscow neYaroslavl muna 1918. Vakarwa naDenikin, Yudenich, naWrangel. Pashure pokukunda mubato reOryol-Kromy
kurwisa Denikin muna Gumiguru 1919 divi revaLatvia Riflemen rakagamuchira kuzivikanwa kwepamusoro-soro kwemauto panguva iyoyo: iyo Inokudzwa Tsvuku Mureza weVTsIK. Jukums Vācietis, aimbova colonel muLatvia Rifles akava mukuru mukuru wekutanga weRed Army.