During the Great October Socialist Revolution and the Civil War, Lenin's party raised and educated a whole galaxy of outstanding military leaders. Among them was V. M. Primakov. He joined the ranks of the Bolshevik Party in 1914, while still a high school student. A year later, for spreading revolutionary appeals against the war among the soldiers of the Chernihiv garrison, he was exiled forever to Siberia. After the February Revolution, Primakov was again actively involved in revolutionary activities, becoming a member of the Kiev City Committee of the RSDLP (b). Then he commanded the Red Guard detachment in battles with Kerensky and Krasnov. At the end of 1917, the party sent him back to Ukraine. With his direct participation, the first regiment of the Red Cossacks was formed in Kharkov, which consisted of volunteers-workers, peasants and soldiers of the local garrison 1 . Primakov reported to the Soviet Ukrainian government: "700 soldiers with 4 machine guns are eager to give themselves to the service of the workers and peasants." 2In the first days of January 1918, the regiment set out from Kharkov and soon, together with other red detachments, defeated the Petliura garrison in Poltava, capturing many weapons, ammunition, equipment and a large number of army horses. 31 "Against Denikin". Collection of Memoirs, Moscow, 1969, p. 209. 2 " Chervonoe Cossacks. 1918 - 1923". Collection of materials on the history of the Chervonoi Cossacks, Moscow, 1923, p. 24. 3 I. Dubinsky. Primakov (1897-1937), Moscow, 1968, p. 43. page 209 The trophies made it possible to put the entire regiment on horses. It was from then on that it began to represent one of the most formidable combat units of the red cavalry. Moving with battles in the vanguard of the Red Guard detachments, the regiment at the end of February 1918 approached Kiev. The city was defended by large forces of the Central Rada. Repeated attempts by our troops to attack the enemy from the front were unsuccessful. The co ... Читать далее