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Larisa Michajlovna Rejsner (1895-1926), described by Lev Trotsky as the "Pallas of the Revolution," stands out as one of the most captivating and unusual female figures in the early years of Soviet history. Born into a family of social-democratic intellectuals, she displayed an early literary interest and, after making her debut in modernist poetic circles, tied her fate to the Revolution. She became a war correspondent during the fateful years of 1918-1919, a crucial period for the formation of the Red Army, the moment when the Soviet military transformed from a galaxy of partisan militias into an organized military force. In her reportage, Larisa Reisner narrates the processes of self-awareness that guide individuals throughout this process of adaptation and transformation. However, she also recounts the vicissitudes of humanity, which, swept up by history, tries as best it can to adapt to the ever-changing conditions of daily life during the Civil War. Thus, piece by piece, a true narrative mosaic is created, where the movements of the great Revolutionary masses are juxtaposed with the destinies of individual individuals. The paper intends to analyze the conceptual world and stylistic characteristics of the reportages included in Front 1918-1919 to consider the whole cycle as a collective bildungsroman, whose central thematic nucleus is the encounter of the individual with the crucial events of history.