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The ``Honorary Revolutionary Weapon” (“Pochetnoe Revoliutsionnoe Oruzhie”) was one of the earliest awards of the Russian Red Army and the only one dedicated to the Russian Civil War.  Only 21 Red Army commanders received this award -- for exceptional military distinctions displayed during the 1917 revolutionary movement. Notably, 20 of them had previously fought in … Continue reading Marginalization, Military Service and Rebellion in Imperial Russia