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yasin_khan
December 8th, 2008, 06:30 AM
Unique photos dating back to World War I
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World War I ended 90 years ago, when the Entente countries and Germany signed a truce on November 11, 1918 in France.Soldiers leaving for the front. From the Photographic and Film Archives of the U.S.S.R.

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The war lasted more than four years and claimed over 16 million lives. 1914. A Russian sentry.
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1915. Russian soldiers posting signs after taking Peremyshl.

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1915. The Russian army retreating from Galicia. Soldiers leaving a burning village.

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1915. Commander-in-Chief Emperor Nicholas II sampling food in the 8th Grenadier Moscow Regiment.

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1915. Ships of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet ready for battle.

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The Russian fleet battleship Emperor Pavel I was launched in 1904 and joined the Baltic Fleet in 1912. She took part in World War I and in the Civil War. In September 1920, was decommissioned and remained in Kronstadt. In November 1923, she was scrapped.

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1916. Servicemen in the field firing a machine gun at an airplane.

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1916. Russian soldiers resting near an artillery gun after capturing the fortress of Erzurum.

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1916. Russian soldiers crossing a river.