The phrase of the People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs M.V. Frunze, published in the title of the book, characterizes as accurately as possible the hopes of the government of the Soviet Union, which it associated with the involvement of representatives of non-Russian peoples in military construction. The authorities attached political importance to the military appeal in the national regions, hoping to get in the person of the "national" fighters the faithful support of the Bolshevik regime on the outskirts of the country and the revolutionary vanguard in case of expansion of revolutionary expansion beyond its borders.