WW1 Oath of Allegiance - Women's Battalion of Death, Russia
Oath of Allegiance taken in Moscow by members of the famous Battalion of Death, composed entirely of Russian women and led by Madame Botchkareva - June 1917. The battalion famously stood and fought during the great retreat in Galicia while other divisions retreated, and each girl carried a dose of cyanide of potassium to take in the event of capture
Picture No
10923138
Media ID
47475380
Size
4792px x 3529px
(1.4MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/Alexander Meledin
Source
Unattributed photograph
Date
1917
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