• merthyr1831
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    2 months ago

    I did some very light reading into the red army and it does appear that it relied on conscription throughout. A lot of the army and its officers especially were former tsarists following the end of Russia’s involvement in WW1, but the bulk of the front line units were conscripts.

    It’s one of the realities of a modern nation-state in wartime, but I agree that a system of government more representative of its people is more likely to be cooperative with whatever system of military it relies on.

    • BashfulBob [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      lot of the army and its officers especially were former tsarists following the end of Russia’s involvement in WW1, but the bulk of the front line units were conscripts.

      During the Russian Civil War? I’d be curious to hear how many conscripts were in the Red and White armies respectively.

      But it does look like Russia used conscripts through Afghanistan. I suppose you’re right.