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
Rodion Malinovsky
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Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He served as Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 1957 to 1967, during which he oversaw the stren
Russian Expeditionary Force in France
…entire Russian Regiment was demobilized. Some Russians chose to remain in France, while others returned to revolutionary Russia. Among the latter was Rodion Malinovsky, the future Soviet Minister of Defence. Colonel Gothoua…
Malinovsky in 1958
Malinovsky during WWI
Malinovsky as Minister of Defence wearing traditional Mongolian clothing during an official visit to Mongolia, 1961
Malinovsky takes the salute during the 1965 Moscow Victory Day Parade, 9 May 1965.