The Russian Expeditionary Force was a World War I military force sent to France and Greece by the Russian Empire. In 1915, the French requested that Russian troops be sent to fight alongside their own
Russian troops arriving in Marseille on the steamship Himalaya
General N. Lokhvitskiy inspecting positions accompanied by Russian and French Officers in the summer of 1916 in Champagne.
Russian troops parading in front of général Henri Gouraud and général Nikolaï Lokhvitski at camp de Mailly in October 1916.
French ship for transport of troops, at Arkhangelsk
Nikolai Lokhvitsky
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Nikolai Aleksandrovich Lokhvitsky was a general in the Russian Expeditionary Force in France.
Russian Expeditionary Force in France
…Command). Another requirement was that the French Navy transport them. The 1st Russian Brigade formed in January, 1916 under the command of General Nikolai Aleksandrovich Lokhvitsky. It did not consist of regiments already in existence but was made up mostly of drafts from various reserve units incorporated into the newly formed…
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Nikolai Lochvitsky