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German and Russian soldiers on Trans-Siberian railroad.

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German and Russian soldiers on Trans-Siberian railroad. Some of the YMCA secretaries were assigned to oversee the return of the German prisoners of war back to Europe from Siberia and the demobilization of Russian troops from the front and their return home.

Color lanterns slides made by Rev. John Wells Rahill when traveling Trans-Siberian Railway during the end of the First World War.

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railway station train german troops lantern slides russia транс сибирская железная дорога russian revolution россия российская империя ymca trans siberian railway russian civil war color russian empire john wells rahill russian troops railway wwi history of russia
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1914 - 1918
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Trans-Siberian Railway, 1917

Rev. John Wells Rahill was a protestant minister in Weld County, Colorado and in Russia, during WW1, but was ordered out of the country by the German government, now involved in the Great War in Europe. Lanterns slides made by Rev. John Wells Rahill traveling Trans-Siberian Railway during the end of the First World War.
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Anton Orlov
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http://thephotopalace.blogspot.com
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May be under copyright. Less than a period of 120 years from the year of its creation, 1918. Less than 70 years before author death (1966).

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railway station train german troops lantern slides russia транс сибирская железная дорога russian revolution россия российская империя ymca trans siberian railway russian civil war color russian empire john wells rahill russian troops railway wwi history of russia