The Latvian Riflemen were originally a military formation of the Imperial Russian Army assembled starting 1915 in Latvia in order to defend Baltic governorates against the German Empire in World War I
1916 uniform of the Latvian Riflemen
Latvian volunteers from 3rd Kurzeme Riflemen Battalion (1915)
Latvian Riflemen in the trenches during the Christmas Battles
Soviet-era monument for the Latvian Riflemen in Daugavpils.
The Left SR uprising, or Left SR revolt, was a rebellion against the Bolsheviks by the Left Socialist Revolutionary Party in Moscow, Soviet Russia, on 6–7 July 1918. It was one of a number of left-win
Latvian Riflemen
…colonel, became the first regular division in the Red Army. The division took an active part in the suppression of anti-Bolshevik uprisings in Moscow (Left SR uprising) and Yaroslavl (Yaroslavl Uprising) in 1918, and fought against the Czechoslovak Legion and later against the forces of the White Generals Denikin…
The Latvian Riflemen guard the 5th Congressof Soviets in the Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow
Maria Spiridonova, one of the leaders of the Left Socialist Revolutionaries.