Political Department of the Reserve Army of the Republic and PUOKR, Volga Region

Политотдела запаснои армий республики и (ПУОКР) Приволжького

The Political Department of the Reserve Army of the Republic was a Red Army publisher based in the Volga Region. It distributed material for the Reserve Armies (of Russia) and for PUOKR (Politichestkoi Upravlenie Voyennogo Okruga), the Political Directorate of the Military District. Its headquarters was located in the city of Kazan.

PP 562: A deserter never arrives alone: He hauls the Old Regime with him everywhere he goes.
Struggle against desertion as [you would] against the bitterest enemy.

PP 1002: Deserter Thinks: “I’ll show them my heels! Even if they find me, I’ll hide away somehow. I’m sick of this war stuff!”
White General: “Stop! Where are you going? Don’t want to fight? March against the reds, you’ll do some fighting for me, I’ll make use of
rogues like you!”

Sources & Citations

Nikolai, L.; Makeev, A. Komnata Strakha (2018). Moskva: Izdatel'stvo.
Pons, S., Romano, A., Ercolessi, M. C. (2000). Russia in the age of wars, 1914-1945. Milano: Feltrinelli.
Butnik-Siverskii , B.S. (1960). Soviet Posters of the era of the Civil War 1918-1921. Moscow: Book Chamber. (P. 564, PUOKR definition cited)