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| End of 1918. Fights on the Eastern Front |
| 2022-03-16 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [REGNUM] After the first and large-scale successes of the Czechoslovaks, the situation on the Eastern Front of the Soviet Republic began to change for the better. The main achievement of the period of retreat, with all its colossal losses, was that the counter-revolution never succeeded in creating a united front from the Sea of Azov to the White Sea, even from Kazan to Arkhangelsk. As early as September 2, 1918, the entire territory of the RSFSR was declared a single military camp. On September 30, the Regulations on the Revolutionary Military Council were issued. The Revolutionary Military Council became the supreme military authority in the RSFSR, having absorbed the powers of the People's Commissariat for Military Affairs, the People's Commissar headed the Revolutionary Military Council, to which the command structure was subordinate - the General Staff, the Main Supply Directorate, the Military Legislative Council, the Higher Military Inspectorate and so on. The Chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council was appointed by the All-Russian Central Executive Committee, Commander-in-Chief, who received complete freedom on issues of strategic and operational decisions, was appointed by the Council of People's Commissars. I. I. Vatsetis became the first commander in chief. “Supported by the entire working population of the country,” the decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee said, “the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army will crush and drive back the imperialist predators who trample the soil of the Soviet Republic.” |
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