Surveillance Reports of National Units of the Red Army Political Departments in 1918–1920
While surveillance as a mechanism of political control was a common prac-tice of states even before the First World War, the introduction of the Political Departments to the Red Army in 1918–1920 was a completely new historical-military phenomenon. Surveillance reports submitted by the commissar...
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While surveillance as a mechanism of political control was a common prac-tice of states even before the First World War, the introduction of the Political Departments to the Red Army in 1918–1920 was a completely new historical-military phenomenon. Surveillance reports submitted by the commissars of the political departments had to provide an overview of the attitudes of soldiers, progress in political education, and the condition of various military aspects, such as the supply of uniforms. Next to nothing is known about surveillance reports compiled by these institutions in national units of the Red Army. This paper summarizes the instructions for compiling surveillance reports, their implementation, and what was actually reported by the Political Departments of Estonian and Latvian national units of the Red Army.
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| spelling | doaj.art-d55674ef8e3e4328bd5221cee5da4aa52023-12-22T17:00:03ZengUniversity of Latvia PressLatvijas Universitātes Žurnāls. Vēsture2500-96212592-95932023-12-011610.22364/luzv.16.02Surveillance Reports of National Units of the Red Army Political Departments in 1918–1920Toivo Kikkas0University of Tartu While surveillance as a mechanism of political control was a common prac-tice of states even before the First World War, the introduction of the Political Departments to the Red Army in 1918–1920 was a completely new historical-military phenomenon. Surveillance reports submitted by the commissars of the political departments had to provide an overview of the attitudes of soldiers, progress in political education, and the condition of various military aspects, such as the supply of uniforms. Next to nothing is known about surveillance reports compiled by these institutions in national units of the Red Army. This paper summarizes the instructions for compiling surveillance reports, their implementation, and what was actually reported by the Political Departments of Estonian and Latvian national units of the Red Army. https://journal.lu.lv/luzv/article/view/635political controlsurveillanceRussian Civil Warthe Red Armymilitary history |
| spellingShingle | Toivo Kikkas Surveillance Reports of National Units of the Red Army Political Departments in 1918–1920 Latvijas Universitātes Žurnāls. Vēsture political control surveillance Russian Civil War the Red Army military history |
| title | Surveillance Reports of National Units of the Red Army Political Departments in 1918–1920 |
| title_full | Surveillance Reports of National Units of the Red Army Political Departments in 1918–1920 |
| title_fullStr | Surveillance Reports of National Units of the Red Army Political Departments in 1918–1920 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surveillance Reports of National Units of the Red Army Political Departments in 1918–1920 |
| title_short | Surveillance Reports of National Units of the Red Army Political Departments in 1918–1920 |
| title_sort | surveillance reports of national units of the red army political departments in 1918 1920 |
| topic | political control surveillance Russian Civil War the Red Army military history |
| url | https://journal.lu.lv/luzv/article/view/635 |
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