About the book: 2014 / Book by Doctor of Historical Sciences S.N. Bazanova is dedicated to the history of the collapse of the Russian army in the field, starting from March 1917 and ending with its demobilization at the beginning of 1918. Based on various sources, the author shows how destructive the military policy of the Provisional Government was in relation to the armed forces, which largely accelerated their collapse. The struggle of the Bolsheviks for power in the field army with their political opponents in the post-October period is examined in detail. The influence of the first Soviet decrees on peace, on land, on democratization and demobilization on the process of the struggle for power in the army, which ended with its complete dissolution, is revealed..