Rex Wade. Red Guards and Workers’ Militias in the Russian Revolution.

Contents

Introduction

ONE – The Coming of the Revolution

TWO – Spontaneity and Leadership: February

THREE – City Police or Workers’ Guards?

FOUR – The Emergence of the Red Guard

FIVE – “Insignificant Fellows” Organize

SIX – The Growth and Development of the Red Guard: Fall 1917

SEVEN – The Red Guards: Size, Arms, Training, Medical Units

EIGHT – The Social and Political Characteristics of the Red Guards

NINE – The October Revolution

TEN – Saratov

ELEVEN – Kharkov

TWELVE – The Red Guards Across Russia

Epilogue: The Red Guards After Octobe