Editing Red Army (section)

==Administration==
{{See also|Revolutionary Military Council|Council of Labor and Defense}}

Military administration after the October Revolution was taken over by the People's Commissariat of War and Marine affairs headed by a collective committee of [[Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko]], [[Pavel Dybenko]], and [[Nikolai Krylenko]].  At the same time, [[Nikolay Dukhonin]] was acting as the Supreme Commander-in-Chief after [[Alexander Kerensky]] fled from Russia. On 12 November 1917 the Soviet government appointed Krylenko as the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, and because of an "accident" during the forceful displacement of the commander-in-chief, Dukhonin was killed on 20 November 1917. [[Nikolai Podvoisky]] was appointed as the Narkom of War Affairs, leaving Dybenko in charge of the Narkom of Marine Affairs and Ovseyenko – the expeditionary forces to the Southern Russia on 28 November 1917. The Bolsheviks also sent out their own representatives to replace front commanders of the [[Russian Imperial Army]].

After the signing of [[Treaty of Brest-Litovsk (Russia–Central Powers)|Treaty of Brest-Litovsk]] on 3 March 1918, a major reshuffling took place in the Soviet military administration. On 13 March 1918, the Soviet government accepted the official resignation of Krylenko and the post of Supreme Commander-in-Chief was liquidated. On 14 March 1918, [[Leon Trotsky]] replaced Podvoisky as the Narkom of War Affairs. On 16 March 1918, Pavel Dybenko was relieved from the office of Narkom of Marine Affairs. On 8 May 1918, the All-Russian Chief Headquarters was created, headed by [[Nikolai Stogov]] and later [[Alexander Andreyevich Svechin|Alexander Svechin]].

On 2 September 1918, the [[Revolutionary Military Council]] (RMC) was established as the main military administration under Leon Trotsky, the Narkom of War Affairs. On 6 September 1918 alongside the chief headquarters, the Field Headquarters of RMC was created, initially headed by [[Nikolay Rattel|Nikolai Rattel]]. On the same day the office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces was created, and initially assigned to [[Jukums Vācietis]] (and from July 1919 to [[Sergey Kamenev]]). The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces existed until April 1924, the end of [[Russian Civil War]].

In November 1923, after the [[Treaty on the Creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|establishment of the Soviet Union]], the [[Council of People's Commissars on War and Navy Affairs (Soviet Russia)|Council of People's Commissars on War and Navy Affairs]] was transformed into the [[People's Commissariat for Military and Naval Affairs]].