Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history/Russian, Soviet and CIS military history task force/Archive 1

message: For the time being, I've used  as the icon for this task force in .  There are probably better images, though, so please feel free to come up with something more suitable if anyone doesn't like this one.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 16:15, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Task force icon 

message: There's a new request for A-Class status for Russian Ground Forces that may be of interest to editors here; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 12:53, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  A-Class review for [[Russian Ground Forces]] 

message: Hello. The WikiProject Council has recently updated the Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory.  This new directory includes a variety of categories and subcategories which will, with luck, potentially draw new members to the projects who are interested in those specific subjects. Please review the directory and make any changes to the entries for your project that you see fit. There is also a directory of portals, at User:B2T2/Portal, listing all the existing portals. Feel free to add any of them to the portals or comments section of your entries in the directory. The three columns regarding assessment, peer review, and collaboration are included in the directory for both the use of the projects themselves and for that of others. Having such departments will allow a project to more quickly and easily identify its most important articles and its articles in greatest need of improvement. If you have not already done so, please consider whether your project would benefit from having departments which deal in these matters. It is my hope that all the changes to the directory can be finished by the first of next month. Please feel free to make any changes you see fit to the entries for your project before then. If you should have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you.  B2T2 21:39, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Project directory 

message: For those of you studying Tsarist military history, you'll need a calculator that translates the old Russian (Julian Calendar) dates into the modern, Western dates (Gregorian Calendar). This calculator/chart has been great for me...try it out if you need it:
http://5ko.free.fr/en/jul.php?y=1812
Kenmore 02:47, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Translating Russian Old Calendar Dates into Modern Western Dates

message: I was thinking of doing an article on ‘Women in the Soviet military during World War Two’. Their roles, attitudes to, the famous (and not so famous) women snipers, pilots, partisans etc. Good idea? Chwyatt 10:44, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think so; there's definitely enough material for an overview article.  The main thing is to avoid having the article devolve into just bulleted lists of women, though. ;-) Kirill Lokshin 13:08, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, and I agree, it should not just be a list. There are two differences worth discussing. Firstly the difference between the roles of women in the Soviet Union compared to other WW2 militaries, and how attitudes in the Soviet hierarchy changed as WW2 progressed. Chwyatt 18:36, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you've found much information about women in the Soviet military post WW2, that would be good too. It could be added to Military of the Soviet Union, which I'm slowly converting following having split it from Red Army There is very little I can find. By the way Kirill saw that note on the Iraqi op. I second it - your time and effort are much appreciated!!
Buckshot06 00:31, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Women in the Soviet military during World War Two

message: There's a new request for A-Class status for T-26 that may be of interest to editors here; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 16:34, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  A-Class review for [[T-26]] 

message: Hey folks, could you take a look at Transformations imposed by the Soviet Union in Romanian Education after the WW II? It's been put up in the AFD process, but a user feels that it might contain some merit so we're sending it your way such that your expert eyes can have a look. Is this artlcle salvageable? Is it of historical merit? Thanks much! --Brad Beattie (talk) 02:02, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  An article to look at 

message: Hi guys.
The Battle of Stalingrad has recently been delisted as a good article because of a total lack of referencing.  It is classified by the Miltary History wikiproject as "TOP" priority, and falls under your task force.  I have notified the Unreferenced GA wikiproject too.
The article itself is very informative, but its complete lack of referencing and verifiability is a bar to GA status.
Thanks.  Chrisfow 17:36, 24 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Battle of Stalingrad]] [[WP:GA|GA]] status 

message: The requested articles departement gets reorganized. The requests get moved to the specific taskforce. In case of error move it to a concerning task force.
*Nudelman-Rikhter NR-23 (Nudelmann NR-23 23 mm (or NR-30 30 mm) cannon. This was a self-defence weapon used for defending the station against interception by American spacecraft. ... see autocannon www.astronautix.com/craft/opstks.htm)
*Standing Consultative Commission set up by the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, or Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Treaty (SALT) as a means to adjudicate disputes between the US and the USSR during the cold war
*Dead Hand Soviet nuclear retailation system [www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1690756]
*Bronekater Soviet Armored Motorboat Soviet riverine vessel used during the second world war. See here
*TOS-1 Russian Army multiple rocket launcher with FAE warheads was used in the Second Chechen War. see here
Global Security article
Wandalstouring 10:55, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Added to open task list. Kirill Lokshin 13:43, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested articles 

message: There's a new peer review request for Red Army that may be of interest to editors here; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 01:56, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer review request for [[Red Army]] 

message: You can find much useful info and shoulder insignia here: http://civil-uniform.narod.ru --Planemo 21:39, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Russian paramilitary uniform 

message: There's a new peer review request for PSS Silent Pistol that may be of interest to editors here; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 01:27, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer review request for [[PSS Silent Pistol]] 

message: Battle of Konotop is listed as part of the Polish-Russian Wars in the Polish wiki. The article has stirred up some heated disputes. Perhaps some of you know a bit about the topic and can help. Wandalstouring 20:24, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Battle of Konotop 

message: There's a new peer review request for Battle of Golymin that may be of interest to editors here; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 13:55, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer review request for [[Battle of Golymin]] 

message: Folks, I've stubbed two related articles: 2S31 (self propelled gun) and Motovilikha (geo, military prod facility). I'm no expert in the field. Please, review. --jno 06:29, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stub announce: [[2S31]] and [[Motovilikha]] 

message: There's a new peer review request for T-26 that may be of interest to editors here; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 04:40, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer review request for [[T-26]] 

message: There's a new peer review request for Sukhoi Su-30 that may be of interest to editors here; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 00:51, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer review request for [[Sukhoi Su-30]] 

message: There's a new request for A-Class status for T-26 that may be of interest to editors here; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 02:58, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A-Class review for [[T-26]] 

message: Military history of the Soviet Union has been nominated for a featured article review. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. Please leave your comments and help us to return the article to featured quality. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, articles are moved onto the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Remove" the article from featured status. The instructions for the review process are here. Reviewers' concerns are here. Buckshot06 00:58, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Military history of the Soviet Union FAR

message: T-34 is now on featured article review, with the main concern being a lack of citations; if anyone has some sources handy, please drop by and put in a few footnotes.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 17:51, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Featured article review for [[T-34]] 

message: There's a new peer review request for Soviet invasion of Poland (1939) that may be of interest to editors here; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 04:15, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer review request for [[Soviet invasion of Poland (1939)]] 

message: There's a new peer review request for Soviet partisans that may be of interest to editors here; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 03:12, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer review request for [[Soviet partisans]] 

message: There's a new peer review request for Russian-Circassian War that may be of interest to editors here; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 18:37, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer review request for [[Russian-Circassian War]] 

message: There's a new request for A-Class status for Soviet invasion of Poland (1939) that may be of interest to editors here; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 00:17, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A-Class review for [[Soviet invasion of Poland (1939)]] 

message: There's a new peer review request for Operation Wilno that may be of interest to editors here; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 20:18, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer review request for [[Operation Wilno]] 

message: There's a new peer review request for Hugo Stoltzenberg that may be of interest to editors here; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 17:45, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer review request for [[Hugo Stoltzenberg]] 

message: There's a new request for A-Class status for Russian-Circassian War that may be of interest to editors here; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 17:44, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A-Class review for [[Russian-Circassian War]] 

message: There's a new request for A-Class status for Tupolev TB-3 that may be of interest to editors here; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 03:37, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A-Class review for [[Tupolev TB-3]] 

message: There's a new request for A-Class status for Zveno project that may be of interest to editors here; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 08:33, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A-Class review for [[Zveno project]] 

message: There's a new peer review request for Battle of Berlin that may be of interest to editors here; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 21:31, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer review request for [[Battle of Berlin]] 

message: There's a new peer review request for 152 mm howitzer M1943 (D-1) that may be of interest to you; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill Lokshin 16:50, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer review request for [[152 mm howitzer M1943 (D-1)]] 

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message: There's a new request for A-Class status for Sukhoi Su-25 that may be of interest to editors here; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill 16:17, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A-Class review for [[Sukhoi Su-25]] 

message: The A-Class review for Smolensk War is now open; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated!  Thanks! Kirill 01:07, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A-Class review for [[Smolensk War]] now open 

message: There's a new peer review request for Army (Soviet Army) that may be of interest to you; any input there would be appreciated.  Thanks! Kirill 01:46, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Peer review request for [[Army (Soviet Army)]] 

message: Over at Chinese in the Russian Revolution and in the Russian Civil War we are trying to establish two things.  
First, is it credible that there were "tens of thousands" of Chinese troops in the Red Army during the Russian Civil War?."Книга для учителя. История политических репрессий и сопротивления несвободе в СССР. - М.: Издательство обьединения "Мосгорархив", 2002. - 504 с.", p. 95 (quoted from the book: Попов Н.А. "Они с нами сражались за власть Советов". Л., 1959. p.p 42, 83, 94)  
Second, assuming that there were, in fact, "tens of thousands" of Chinese troops in the Red Army, did this constitute a "significant fraction of the Red Army"?  According to Brian Murphy, they did not..
  
The best number that I have been able to find so far is in the Red Army article which states:
:The Bolshevik authorities set up a special commission chaired by Lev Glezarov, and by mid August 1920 had drafted about 48,000 ex-officers, 10,300 administration staff, and 214,000 ex-NCOs.
But these numbers are officers, staff and NCOs.  How about regular soldiers?  If there were over a quarter million officers, staff and NCOs, is it reasonable to assume that the Red Army consituted over a million men in arms?  If so, would it then be reasonable to conclude that "tens of thousands" is less than 10% of a million and therefore "not a significant fractgion of the Red Army"?
--Richard 07:25, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  How large was the Red Army during the Russian Civil War? 

message: Someone is currently trying to move the Second Battle of Kharkov page to the Ukrainian alternative 'Kharkiv, anyone who is interested take a look here. Regards, Bogdan 01:17, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kharkov to Kharkiv (WWII) 

message: The A-Class review for Soviet occupation of Romania is now open; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated!  Thanks! Kirill 22:48, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A-Class review for [[Soviet occupation of Romania]] now open 

message: The A-Class review for Evacuation of East Prussia is now open; all editors are invited to participate, and any input there would be appreciated!  Thanks! Kirill 17:18, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  A-Class review for [[Evacuation of East Prussia]] now open