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Initially, the RNNA's leadership sought only to recruit anti-communists from the prisoners of war, but later began to accept everyone. In March 1942, the strength of the RNNA was 150 people, and by May had reached a size of 400. To increase the RNNA's appeal to prisoners of war, Ivanov proposed the
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In addition to combat training, dissemination of propaganda to personnel was carried out. The RNNA's leadership told soldiers that their task was, "the fight against
Bolshevism and Jewry for the creation of a new Russian state and the restoration of the pre-revolutionary system." According to
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was appointed head of the RNNA, and shortly after, the training of the 4th and 5th battalions of the RNNA began. However, only a month later, the organisation was taken over by the
Germans directly, with Boyarsky and
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appointment of a Soviet military commander who was "well-known and respected among the military personnel", offering the position to
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