The battalion of death

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Bochkareva, Mariia

Batal`on Smerti

[ The battalion of death]

2nd ed
Moscow: Iauza, Eksmo, 2014
352 p Images

Serie: Pervaia Mirovaia voina
Hardcover. 12.5 x 20 cm
ISBN: 9785699741618
Language: Russian

This is a memoir of the amazing woman whom some call the Russian Jean D`Arc. Maria Bochkareva(1889-1920) served WWI as volunteer, fought at the front as a soldier, and was wounded three times. At the end of the war corporal Bochkareva formed the first battalion of women, called the "Battalion of Death" to show men an example of self-sacrifice for the Tsar and for Russia. Among her soldiers were women of all social strata, including the nobility. (0.285 kg.)

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» History: General Works and Philosophy of History » Military History

» Who is Who / Personalities/Biographies » Miscellaneous

» History: General Works and Philosophy of History » Russia in the 20th-21st Centuries » World War I

» Military / National Security / Aerospace » Military Conflicts, Wars, and Terrorism » WW1, Civil War, and the White Army

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