After the February Revolution and the Great October Socialist Revolution of 1917 the newly former Red Army and Soviet Navy incorporated the sapper units of the former Imperial Russian Army and Navy in its structure. By 1919, pontoon and electrical battalions and a mine-blasting brigade were raised in time for the Civil War. 10 years later, the Engineering Troops of the USSR (Russian: Инженерные войска СССР) were in much better shape and had a much better organization.