The Course of General of the Cavalry Aleksei Brusilov's Service in the Red Army in 1920–1926 Cover Image

Meandry służby generała kawalerii Aleksieja Brusiłowa w Armii Czerwonej w latach 1920–1926
The Course of General of the Cavalry Aleksei Brusilov's Service in the Red Army in 1920–1926

Author(s): Rafał Igielski
Subject(s): History, Local History / Microhistory, Military history, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Special Historiographies:, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Wojskowe Biuro Historyczne im. gen. broni Kazimierza Sosnkowskiego
Keywords: Red Army;Imperial Russian Army;white émigré;general Brusilov;General Inspectorate of the Cavalry;cavalry;Russian civil war;military experts

Summary/Abstract: The subject of the article is the last period of General Aleksei Brusilov’s military activity – during the civil war as well as active service in the Red Army. Focus has been placed mainly on the years 1923–1924, when he served in the Soviet forces as General Inspector of the Cavalry, contributing to its increasing professionalization. Due to the lack of any studies on Brusilov in Polish, the author considered it necessary to present an outline of the general’s military career in the army of the Russian Empire until 1914, which gave the paper a more comprehensive character and made it possible to critically assess his command and organizational skills. A brief discussion of the evolution of General Brusilov’s image in historiography and USSR and Russian propaganda has also been included.

  • Issue Year: XXI/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 144-185
  • Page Count: 42
  • Language: Polish