Chinese units fighting in the Red army during the Russian Civil war
Some of you may know that during the civil war the 'Whites' made much of atrocities committed by Chinese units recruited by the Bolsheviks. The use of
Chinese soldiers was denied by both the bolsheviks and later Soviet Union as being pure 'white propaganda'. A while ago I purchsed a bundle of archive
documents relating to the Red Army in Ukraine. Amongst this were several roster sheets and kit issue schedules on which all the names were
Chinese/Korean. These documents appear to prove that at least the stories of Chinese units in the red army were correct. To my knowledge no books on
the Civil War have ever seriously examined this issue. Does anyone have any mail or documentation that links Chinese/Korean soldiers with the
Bolsheviks/Red Army between 1917-22?
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