'Les Soubresauts de la Russie; Un bataillon feminin, cree et commandé par Mme Botchkareva qui a deja fait ses preuves sur la champ de bataille, est passé en revue par le general Polovtzef, commandant la place de Petrograd', 1917. Upheavals in Russia: a women's battalion, created and commanded by Mrs. Botchkareva who has already proven herself on the battlefield, is reviewed by General Polovtzef, commanding Petrograd square [?]. (Maria Bochkareva formed the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death, and was the first Russian woman to command a military unit). From "L'Album de la Gue
'Les Soubresauts de la Russie; Un bataillon feminin, cree et commandé par Mme Botchkareva qui a deja fait ses preuves sur la champ de bataille, est passé en revue par le general Polovtzef, commandant la place de Petrograd', 1917. Upheavals in Russia: a women's battalion, created and commanded by Mrs. Botchkareva who has already proven herself on the battlefield, is reviewed by General Polovtzef, commanding Petrograd square [?]. (Maria Bochkareva formed the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death, and was the first Russian woman to command a military unit). From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].
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