Russian memorial chapel at the Russian military cemetery (Cimetière militaire russe) in Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand near Mourmelon-le-Grand in Marne region in north-eastern France. The Resurrection Chapel designed by Russian architect Albert Benois was built in 1936-1937 at the cemetery where 915 Russian soldiers of the Russian Expeditionary Force fallen in France in 1916-1918 during the First World War were buried.

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