Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Apo Revolution yeRussia yakatanga muna 1917, akabudiswa muchiuto ndokudzokera kumusha; muna 1918, akabatana neCommunist Party yeRussia (maBolshevik) neRed Army, achishanda somurwi wepfuti. Munguva yeRussian Civil War, akashanda neRed Army muRussian Far Eastern Republic. Mutungamiriri wake panguva iyi akanga ari Kliment Voroshilov, gare gare shamwari yepedyo yaJoseph Stalin uye People's Commissar for defense. Chibvumirano ichi ndicho chakanga chiri chinhu chinokosha pabasa raKonev rakatevera uye kudzivirirwa kwake mukati meKutsvaira Kukuru. Muzviyeuchidzo zvake, akanyora kuti: "Ndiine boka revarwi vakanga vabviswa muchiuto, ndakaronga kupidigura vakuru vakuru vehurumende, kutora nzvimbo dzekurima uye kuisa vatengesi mujeri". Akatora rutivi mukudzvinyirira nechisimba kumukira kweKronstadt kwa1921
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