▁When ▁Russian ▁soldiers ▁refused ▁to ▁carry ▁out ▁execution s , ▁Lat v ian ▁( and ▁Chinese ▁force ▁of ▁some ▁ 5 0 0 ▁men ) ▁were ▁brought ▁in .</ ref > ▁and ▁even ▁formed ▁complete ▁reg iments ▁of ▁the ▁Red ▁Army . ▁ ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁estimated ▁that ▁there ▁were ▁tens ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁Chinese ▁troops ▁in ▁the ▁Red ▁Army , ▁they ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁few ▁groups ▁of ▁foreign ers ▁fighting ▁for ▁the ▁Red ▁Army . ▁ ▁Other ▁notable ▁examples ▁of ▁foreign ers ▁serving ▁in ▁the ▁Red ▁Army ▁include ▁Kore ans ▁in ▁the ▁Russian ▁Far ▁East , G erman ▁Kim ▁( 1 9 9 9 ) ▁" The ▁History ▁of ▁Korean ▁Im m igration ", ▁Book ▁ 1 , ▁Second ▁half ▁of ▁ 1 9 th ▁Century ▁— ▁ 1 9 4 5 ", ▁Al mat y , ▁Day k - Press ▁Czech ▁and ▁Slov ak ▁national s , ▁Hung arian ▁Jewish ▁B ols he vik s ▁under ▁Bé la ▁Kun , ▁Red ▁Lat v ian ▁R if le men ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁other ▁national ▁det ach ments . ▁By ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 9 , ▁the ▁Red ▁Army ▁compr ised ▁over ▁a ▁million ▁men . ▁ ▁By ▁November ▁ 1 9 2 0 , ▁it ▁compr ised ▁over ▁ 1 . 8 ▁million ▁men . ▁ ▁Foreign ▁soldiers ▁did ▁not ▁make ▁up ▁a ▁significant ▁bulk ▁of ▁the ▁Red ▁Army , ▁and ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁soldiers ▁of ▁the ▁Red ▁Army ▁fighting ▁in ▁the ▁Russian ▁Revolution ▁and