Welcome to the Russian Legion photo gallery.  In these pages we will publish original photographs and materials of the Russian Expeditionary Forces in France (1916-1917), the Russian Legion (1917-1918), as well as our re-enactment photographs from the trenches of Newvilles.

We try to credit as many of the photographs as possible.  Any copyright infringements are totally unintentional and will be corrected at first notice.

We are always looking for new submissions.
 
 

Russian Expeditionary Forces --  landing in France, 1916	Courtesy of Imperial War Museum, London
NEW -- Russian soldiers disembarking  from ships, in Marseilles, April 1916	Original French postcard, Russian Legion collection
NEW -- Russian Expeditionary Foreces --  landing in Marseilles, 1916	Courtsey of Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
NEW -- RARE PICTURE -- General Lokhvitsky  at the head of Russian troops in Marseilles, 1916	Original French postcard, Russian Legion  collection
NEW -- Russian troops halting:  the crowds cover them with flowers, Marseilles, 1916.	Original French postcard, Russian Legion  collection
NEW -- Newly arrived Russian soldiers  at camp Mailly, April 1916	Original French postcard, Russian Legion collection
NEW -- Russian soldiers at latrine facility	Original French postcard, Russian Legion collection
NEW -- General Nikolai Lokhvitsky,   commander of the 1st Brigade and,   subsequently, of the Russian Legion	Courtsey of Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
Regimental banner  --  Russian Expeditionary Forces, France, 1916	Courtesy of Imperial War Museum, London
NEW -- Regimental banner (reverse side) --  Russian Expeditionary Foreces Flag Guard, July 14 celebration, 1916	Courtesy of Bibiotheque Nationale, Paris
Regimental banner -- taken at November 1998 GWA event.	Courtesy of the Russian Legion
Regimental banner -- (reverse side) -- taken at November 1998 GWA event	Courtesy of the Russian Legion
Soldiers of the REF talking (1916)	Courtesy of  "Armes Militaria" magazine, France.  No. 35/36, 1988
Russians and a Frenchman  (1916 or 1917)	Courtesy of  "Armes Militaria" magazine, France.  No. 35/36, 1988
Russian soldiers receiving  military decorations	Courtesy of  "Armes Militaria" magazine, France.  No. 35/36, 1988
GAS ATTACK -- in Champagine.  Russians wearing Adrian helmets,   French M-2 gas masks, aremed   with Lebels.	Courtesy of  "Armes Militaria" magazine, France.  No. 35/36, 1988
GAS ATTACK! -- unknown location.  Possibly on the Eastern Front.   The soldiers  are aremed with French carbines.	Courtesy of Photos of The Great War
Russian soldier looking through  the papers of a dead German.  April 1917.	Courtesy of  "Armes Militaria" magazine, France.  No. 35/36, 1988
Russian Memorial in Champaigne         "CHILDREN OF FRANCE          When the enemy will be defeated           and when you can gather flowers         freely on these fields,         Remember us, YOUR RUSSIAN FRIENDS,         bring us flowers."	Contributed by Philippe Lebacq,  Courtesy of The Great War Society
NEW -- A 1998 picture of the Russian  Memorial in Champaigne (color)         Side inscriptions read in Russian & French:         " Here lie the RUSSIAN HEROES of the         2-nd Special Infantry Regiment, fallen in         the battles and reconnaissance missions         in sectors D and C"         A plaque at the base of the monument reads:         "From the officers, NCO's, corporals and         privates of the 34th Aviation Regiment to         their comrades of the 2nd Russian Special         Regiment"	Courtesy of the Russian Legion
NEW -- The Russian Military Cemetery   and Church at Mourmellon-le-Grand	Courtesy of the Russian Legion
NEW -- Memorial plaque at the  Saint-Hilaire-Le-Grand Russian Military   Cemetery in Champaigne, where over   800 men are buried        "To the memory of Soldiers of the           Russian Expeditionary Corps who          fell in the field of battle in France"	Courtesy of the Russian Legion
Russian Maxim machine gun crew	Courtesy of Photos of The Great War
Russian troops passing French review	Courtesy of Photos of The Great War
Russian soldier with Misha the bear cub         Misha was the bear cub mascot of the 1st Regiment, REF
Russian soldiers with accordion in a trench.