Daga tsakiyar 1917 zuwa gaba, sojojin Rasha, magajin kungiyar tsohuwar Sojan Rasha, sun fara tarwatse;Bolsheviks sun yi amfani da Red Guards na sa kai a matsayin babban rundunar soji, wanda wani bangaren soji dauke da makamai na Cheka (na'urorin tsaro na jihar Bolshevik) suka kara.A cikin Janairu 1918, bayan gagarumin Bolshevik baya a cikin fama, nan gaba Kwamandan Jama'a na Sojoji da Naval harkokin Leon Trotsky ya jagoranci sake tsara Red Guards a cikin wani ma'aikata da kuma peasants' Red Army domin ya haifar da mafi tasiri fada da karfi.Bolsheviks sun nada kwamishinoni na siyasa ga kowane rukunin Red Army don kula da halin kirki da tabbatar da aminci.A cikin watan Yuni 1918, lokacin da ya bayyana cewa sojojin juyin juya hali wanda ya ƙunshi ma'aikata kawai ba zai wadatar ba, Trotsky ya kafa aikin tilasta wa manoman karkara shiga cikin Red Army.Bolsheviks sun shawo kan adawar mutanen karkara na Rasha zuwa rukunin sojojin Red Army ta hanyar yin garkuwa da su tare da harbe su idan ya cancanta don tilasta bin doka.Korafe-korafen tilasta wa aikin ya sami sakamako gaurayawan sakamako, inda aka samu nasarar samar da dakaru mai girma fiye da na Fari, amma tare da mambobin da ba ruwansu da akidar Marxist-Leninist.Sojojin Red Army kuma sun yi amfani da tsoffin jami'an Tsarist a matsayin "kwararrarun sojoji" (voenspetsy);wani lokaci ana garkuwa da iyalansu domin a tabbatar da amincinsu.A farkon yakin basasa, tsoffin jami'an Tsarist sun kafa kashi uku cikin hudu na jami'in Red Army-corps.A karshensa, 83% na dukkan sassan Red Army da kwamandojin gawawwakin tsoffin sojojin Tsarist ne.