WW1 Monument to the Russian Expeditionary Force

The excellent sculpture honours the memory of the Russian Expeditionary Force who, from 1916 to 1918, fought in France during the First World War. The monument bears the following inscription in French and Russian: “In 1916, at the request of the Allies, Russia sent to France two special brigades of the Russian Expeditionary Force. More than 20,000 men took part in the military operations in Champagne. More than 5,000 of them, Russian soldiers and officers, lost their lives on the French battlefields. "

Image dimensions: 1584 x 1978 pixels