Background
Svechnikov, Mikhail was born in 1882.
Svechnikov, Mikhail was born in 1882.
Graduated from the Academy of the General Staff, 1911.
On active service during World War I as a colonel. Joined the Red Army, 1918. Fought against the anti-communist Cossacks, Krasnov and Kaledin, during the Civil War.
Commander of Red forces in West Finland, 1918. Deputy Commanderin-chief of the unsuccessful Red forces during the Finnish Civil War, 1918. In charge of organizing the Red Army in Petrograd in spring 1918.
Commander of the Caspian and Caucasian fronts, 1919. Professor at the Military Academy, 1922.
No religious basis is needed in order to display ethical behavior.
The emphasis on peaceful coexistence doesn’t mean that the Soviet Union accepted a static world with clear lines. Socialism is inevitable and the "correlations of forces" were moving towards socialism.