Gallipoli Memorial over the graves of Russian emigrants at the Russian Cemetery in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (Cimetière russe de Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois) near Paris, France. In November 1920, after the defeat in the Russian Civil War the Russian White Army of General Wrangel was evacuated from Crimea to Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. Russian soldiers and their families spent there one year as refugees before they were allowed to move to European countries. The Gallipoli Memorial was erected on the site to commemorate the stay in Gallipoli. The smaller replica of the Gallipoli Memorial design
Gallipoli Memorial over the graves of Russian emigrants at the Russian Cemetery in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (Cimetière russe de Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois) near Paris, France. In November 1920, after the defeat in the Russian Civil War the Russian White Army of General Wrangel was evacuated from Crimea to Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. Russian soldiers and their families spent there one year as refugees before they were allowed to move to European countries. The Gallipoli Memorial was erected on the site to commemorate the stay in Gallipoli. The smaller replica of the Gallipoli Memorial designed by Russian architect Albert Benois was erected at the Russian Cemetery in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois after the memorial in Turkey was destroyed by earthquake.
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