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Title: Russian soldiers with the nine Turkish banners captured during the battle at Erzerum.
Image ID: 831231
Image ID 831231
Physical Description: 1 print : b&w ; 16 x 23 cm. (6 1/4 x 9 in.)
Material Type: Prints
Subjects: Cossacks
Illustrations
World War, 1914-1918 -- Cossacks
Cavalry -- Russian
Military Standards -- Turkish -- 1910-1919
Soldiers -- Russian -- 1910-1910
Date Depicted: 1916
Notes: Printed on border: "These nine gorgeous standards were captured in the fort at Erzerum by a brigade of dismounted Don Cossacks. The standards were conveyed to the Emperor's palace at Tsarskoye Selo by Captain Konieff, the first officer to enter Erzerum, and nine men representing various arms of the Caucasus armies and presented to the Tsar. They were afterwards taken through Petrograd and deposited in the cathedral of St. Peter and Paul."
Alternate Title: Russian soldiers with the 9 Turkish banners captured during the battle at Erzerum.
Barcode Number: 33333159435508
Struc ID: 586999
Source: Source information is not available
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