Red Guard into Army Music

Budennyi March (1940)

Red Army Chorus. Music: Dm. Pokrass. Lyrics: A. D'Aktil'

Description: This song, written in 1920, became one of the first theme songs of the new Red Army, and was a favorite for decades after.

White Army, Black Baron (1920)

Music: Samuil Pokrass.

Description: This song was written during the Civil War as a combat hymn for the Red Army. The 'Black Baron' in the title refers to Baron Petr Vrangel, commanding general of some of the most powerful White Army groups in the South of Russia.

Red Cavalry March (1936)

Music: the Pokrass Brothers; Lyrics: Aleksei Surkov

1917

EVENTS February Revolution Formation of the Soviets April Crisis Revolution in the Army July Days Kornilov Affair Bolsheviks Seize Power First Bolshevik Decrees Constituent Assembly Treaty of Brest Litovsk
FOUR KINDS OF STATES Communist Party Building Economic Apparatus Building the Soviets Red Guard into Army State Security
DISINTEGRATION OF THE OLD SOCIETY Depopulation of the Cities Food Supply Conflict with the Church Death of the Old Culture Destruction of the Left The Empire Falls
CREATION OF A NEW SOCIETY New Letters and Dates Culture and Revolution The New Woman Workers Organization Peasant Revolution Organs of the Press Raising Socialist Youth