Red Guards
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Red Guards refer to socialist or communist militia formed to instigate, support, or defend communist revolutions. Historically, they have consisted of armed workers as well as defectors, mutineers or decommissioned soldiers from the state's military.
The Red Guards in China were composed of students and were formed during the conflict within factions of the Chinese Communist Party during the Cultural Revolution.
- Red Guards (Finland), during the Finnish Civil War.
- Red Guards (Russia), during the Russian Revolution of 1917 and Russian Civil War.
- Red Guards (Bavaria), of Bavarian Soviet Republic.
- Red Guards (China), in the People's Republic of China,
- Red Guards (Hungary), in the Hungarian Soviet Republic (1918-1919)
Other Uses
- The fictional Emperor's Royal Guard, elite Imperial corps of the Star Wars universe, are also sometimes referred as "Red Guards".
- The fictional race in the popular Elder Scrolls game series.
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