Revolutionary Military Council

...After April, the situation became even more severe under the pressure of military intervention from the Allied powers, and eventually conscription was forced to be implemented, contrary to the ideals of the revolution (although military service was limited to workers and peasants), and the Red Army's strength increased to 800,000 by the end of October and to 3 million a year later. In terms of command, the Workers' and Peasants' National Defense Council was placed above the existing Revolutionary Military Council (RVSR) at the end of 1918, and the Field Staff took charge of operational guidance. The biggest problem for the Red Army at that time was how to reconcile class or ideological purity with combat effectiveness. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to the "Revolutionary Military Council" is listed below.

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…4月以降になると，連合国側からの軍事干渉の重圧が加わって情勢はいっそう厳しさを加えたため，やがて革命の理念に反して徴兵制を施行せざるをえなくなり(ただし兵役義務は労働者と農民に限定)，赤軍の兵力は10月末までに80万，1年後には300万に増大した。統帥系統では，18年末に労農国防会議が既設の革命軍事会議(RVSR)の上位に置かれ，野戦参謀部が作戦の指導に当たった。　当時の赤軍にとって最大の難問は，階級的ないしイデオロギー的純粋性と戦闘効率とを，いかにして両立させるかであった。…

※「革命軍事会議」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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