Category: World War I

Armistice on the Eastern Front (December 1917)

On December 15, 1917, an armistice was signed between the Central Powers and the new revolutionary communist government of Soviet Russia.  It went into effect two days later, on December 17.  The Soviets wouldn't officially leave the war until the following March, after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, but the December armistice clearly felt like the... Continue Reading →

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Russian colonel and amputee with hospital staff (WWI)

This impromptu group portrait was likely taken at a medical facility not far from the front lines during the First World War.  The man seated next to the colonel is wearing a tailored suit with a Red Cross pin on the lapel, suggesting he may be a visitor rather than a patient.

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