Photos WW1 Russian Forces

[BravoZulu]

Russian troops with fixed bayonets somewhere in trench on Eastern front, taken during Brusilov offensive ( one of most lethal offensives in history), 1916

 

[BravoZulu]

 

[BravoZulu]

Russian soldier posing with captured Austro-Hungarian flag, 1915

 

[Connaught Ranger]

Russian troops with fixed bayonets somewhere in trench on Eastern front, taken during Brusilov offensive ( one of most lethal offensives in history), 1916

Brusilov Offensive - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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[morris]

I think this is re-enactment

Looks like it is photo of a painting.

 

[BravoZulu]

Two soldiers of the 39th Infantry Tomsk Regiment wearing the rather terrifying Zelinsky Kummant gas mask.

 

[BravoZulu]

Russian Expeditionary Force arrives at Marseille, 1916

 

[NebrHogger]

Testing an armored car for service in the Imperial army, 1916.

 

[Delta*Kilo]

Russian Expeditionary Force

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Expeditionary_Force_in_France

Interesting. Was unknown to me until now.

 

[Connaught Ranger]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Expeditionary_Force_in_France

Interesting. Was unknown to me until now.

There were also Russian Forces deployed in Romania as allies to the Romanians same thing happened when the Revolution began in Russia the Russians pulled back and eventually out of Romania.

 

[BravoZulu]

Orthodox priest blesses wounded Russian soldiers at a makeshift hospital. Russian Empire, Suwałki, 1914-15

 

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A view of the frontline trenches of a Russian infantry regiment in a forest on the Eastern Front, 1916.

 

[BravoZulu]

Russian troops opening gift bags from their families

 

[BravoZulu]

Two soldiers of the Imperial Russian 39th Infantry Tomsk Regiment wearing the rather terrifying Zelinsky Kummant gas mask.

 

[BravoZulu]

Soldiers of the 219th Infantry Kotelnichesky Regiment pose with a Maxim machine gun on the Eastern Front, 1917.

 

[BravoZulu]

Russian soldiers, equipped with gas masks and Winchester 1895 lever-actions, a medic is also visible, circa 1916

 

[SamWell]

Future soviet marshal Konev in WW1

 

[SamWell]

Attempt to mislead enemy sniper

 

[SamWell]

May 1915. Russian sailors are preparing diver for a dive in the South Bay of Helsingfors(Helsinki) in order to inspect the steamer SS Bore-II, which was damaged and sunk as a result of a fire

 

[SamWell]

Laundry