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The Green armies, Green Army (Russian: ??????? ?????), or Greens (Russian: ???????) were armed peasant groups which fought against both the Red Army
Red Army

The Red Army was the armed force first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and, in 1922, became the army of the Soviet Union....
 and the White Army in the Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War

The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed and the Bolshevik party assumed power in Saint Petersburg....
. They fought to protect the communities in which they lived from requisitions or reprisals by either side. They were similar to the clubmen
Clubmen

Clubmen were bands of vigilantes during the English Civil War who tried to protect their localities against the worst excesses of the respective armies of both sides in the war....
 which arose during the English Civil War
English Civil War

The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Roundhead and Cavalier. The First English Civil War and Second English Civil War civil wars pitted the supporters of Charles I of England against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the Third English Civil War saw fighting between supporters...
.

Sources by Brian Watson.






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The Green armies, Green Army (Russian: ??????? ?????), or Greens (Russian: ???????) were armed peasant groups which fought against both the Red Army
Red Army

The Red Army was the armed force first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and, in 1922, became the army of the Soviet Union....
 and the White Army in the Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War

The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed and the Bolshevik party assumed power in Saint Petersburg....
. They fought to protect the communities in which they lived from requisitions or reprisals by either side. They were similar to the clubmen
Clubmen

Clubmen were bands of vigilantes during the English Civil War who tried to protect their localities against the worst excesses of the respective armies of both sides in the war....
 which arose during the English Civil War
English Civil War

The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Roundhead and Cavalier. The First English Civil War and Second English Civil War civil wars pitted the supporters of Charles I of England against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the Third English Civil War saw fighting between supporters...
.

See also


  • Left-wing uprisings against the Bolsheviks
  • Black Guards
    Black Guards

    Black Guards were armed groups of workers formed after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and before the Third Russian Revolution. They were the main strike force of the anarchism....
    , an anarchist faction of the Russian Civil War known as the "Black Army"


Sources

by Brian Watson. Retrieved on 2008-06-10.