俄国十月革命与随之而来的国内战争引发了大规模的俄国侨民浪潮，在全世界范围内形成了一个被称为“国外俄罗斯”的侨民群体。白卫将军弗兰格尔领导的俄罗斯军成为其中的重要组成部分。这支军队在法国的帮助下携带武器装备整体从俄国撤离。与此同时，官兵的身份也随之发生了变化，由军人转变为侨民。他们建立起各类社团组织，保持着自己俄国军人的文化身份，并以这种方式抗拒融入国外生活，维系着这一群体原有的社会关系、情感和传统，最终建立起一个大型社团联盟——俄罗斯全军联合会。作为20世纪20至30年代规模最大的俄侨社团之一，俄罗斯全军联合会联合了分布在不同国家的俄国军事侨民社团。其活动主要包括：救助、互助与纪念活动、军事训练和反苏活动、军事科学教育、出版活动等等。创始人弗兰格尔希望通过这样一个联盟性质的组织使俄国军队及其传统得以保留。为避免俄侨界的政治分歧影响社团的统一与团结，该联合会要求所有成员不得参与任何政治党派和政治活动。俄罗斯全军联合会作为一个具有军事色彩的社团，在他国领土上能够得以存在，并一直延续至今有其内在的原因。首先，20世纪20至30年代的“国外俄罗斯”如同一个由各类社团组织构建起的虚拟国家。以俄罗斯全军联合会为代表的军事侨民社团则被俄侨界视为未来俄罗斯的武装力量和胜利的希望。其次，在欧洲反共反苏的意识中，俄罗斯全军联合会被看做是一支潜在的力量。该组织的分支机构甚至在某些地区某个时间段里拥有武器，或参与军事行动。第三，俄罗斯全军联合会的生命力更多的来自于其社会和文化性质的活动。“回家”文化是该社团的精神主旨，其所有的活动都是围绕这一精神主旨展开的。作为一个松散的社团联盟，其成员通过精神约束机制进行自我约束。这种精神约束显示了俄国军事侨民所持的共同价值，即俄国军队中的传统价值。因此，俄国军事侨民的活动可以说是一种文化守成运动。俄罗斯全军联合会的历史反映了俄国军事侨民的面貌，进而折射出20世纪20至30年代俄国侨民运动的本质。俄国军事侨民在侨居生活中经历的各种困难、对俄国军人身份的坚守、以及对军队统一和国家统一的诉求迎合了俄罗斯文化和社会传统中的崇军尚武、强军卫国之风和追求国家统一、防止分裂的思想，从而受到现代俄罗斯官方的重视。

A century ago the October Revolution and the Civil War in Russia triggered a massive wave of Russian emigration in the worldwide which formed Russia Abroad. Wrangel’s Russian Army had become an important part of it. With the help of French, the Russian Army accomplished to evacuate from the Crimea with weapons and equipment as a whole. Wrangel’s Army had to change their identity, from military into émigré, to make a living and scattered around the world. At the same time, they set up all kinds of organizations to maintain their own cultural identity of the Russian armyman, to resist integration into lives abroad, they maintained the former social relations, emotion and traditions, and ultimately they established a large-scale organization: Russian All Military Union and united the Russian military organizations all over the world. As one of the largest Russian emigrants’ organizations in 1920s-1930s, the activities of Russian All Military Union included: relief activities, commemorative activities, military training and anti-Soviet activities, military science education, publishing activities and so on. As organization founder Wrangel hoped to organize such an union to preserve the Russian army and its tradition. Russian All Military Union required that all members shall not participate in any political parties and political activities. Russian All Military Union existed in the territory of other country even to nowday. The reason of that is: Firstly, in the 1920s-1930s the Russia Abroad as a virtual country structured by types of organizations. Russian All Military Union was considered by Russian emigration as the future of Russia's armed forces. Secondly, in the anti-Soviet and anti-Communist ideology of Europe, Russian All Military Union was considered as a potential force. Branches of this organization in some areas even have arms in a certain period, or participate in military operations. Thirdly, the vitality of the Russian All Military Union came from its social and cultural activities. "Home" culture is the spiritual core of the organization and all its activities were carried out around this spiritual theme. In fact it’s a cultural conservative movement. The formation of the Russian All Military Union reflected the situation of Russian Military Emigration, and then reflected the essence of the Russian Emigration movement in the 1920s and 1930s.