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  • Russian Orthodox monument, built 1917 by soldiers of the Russian 2nd Special Regiment in memory of their fallen comrades, near the site of the Mourmelon military camp, beside the Russian cemetery, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The site honours the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried here. An adjoining Orthodox Chapel was designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37 with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, and Russian cemetery, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The site honours the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, and Russian cemetery, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The site honours the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, and Russian cemetery, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The site honours the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, and Russian cemetery, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The site honours the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Russian cemetery, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, honouring the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried here. An adjoining Orthodox Chapel was , designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37 with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, and Russian cemetery, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The site honours the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, and Russian cemetery, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The site honours the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pennant of a Russian brigade on display in the Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, honouring the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, and Russian cemetery, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The site honours the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Medals of Russian brigades on display in the Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, honouring the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, and Russian cemetery, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The site honours the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, and Russian cemetery, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The site honours the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, and Russian cemetery, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The site honours the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General Nikolai Lokhvitsky of the Russian Expeditionary Force in France, his general staff and soldiers at the Russian Front in France in the First World War, swearing an oath of allegiance to the Provisional Government, formed in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, after the February Revolution, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3867, 14th April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General Vasily Gurko, 1864-1937, chief of staff of the Imperial Russian Army 1916-17, and General Aleksei Brusilov, 1853-1926, Commander of the South West Front, during the Russian Revolution, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3875, 9th June 1917. Gurko was imprisoned and exiled in 1917 by the Russian Provisional Government  for expressing support for the monarchy. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, and Russian cemetery, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The site honours the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, honouring the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Memorial plaque listing fallen officers' names in the Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, honouring the Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, honouring the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, honouring the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inlay scenes on the rood screen of the Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, honouring the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative ceiling with crosses and stylised angel design, in the Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, honouring the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, honouring the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, honouring the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, honouring the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, honouring the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, honouring the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, honouring the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Interior of the Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France, honouring the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Marius Moutet, 1876-1968, French Socialist diplomat and colonial adviser, socialist deputy of Rhone, visiting the Russian Front during the First World War, with soldiers and officers of a regiment which he has encouraged to do their duty, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3875, 9th June 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Soldiers and students firing at police occupying the opposite bank of the Moika canal, Petrograd (later St Petersburg), during the Russian Revolution in March 1917, photograph by Daily Mirror, published full page in L'Illustration no.3867, 14th April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Allied ambassadors, left-right, Marquis Carlotti of Italy, David Francis of America, Albert Thomas of France and Sir George Buchanan of Great Britain at the Fourth Duma, 10th May 1917, in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, during the Russian Revolution, photograph published on the front page of L'Illustration no.3874, 2nd June 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Congress of delegates of Front Line Troops, with Alexander Guchkov, minister of war for the Provisional Government (before Kerensky), explaining the reasons behind his resignation, during the Russian Revolution, in the Duma chamber - the bronze imperial coat of arms has been taken from the rostrum and soldiers and officers take the place of politicians, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3876, 16th June 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Gates of the former imperial palace at Tsarskoye Selo - during the Russian Revolution red fabric covers the crowns and monograms of imperialism, photograph by Daily Mirror, published in L'Illustration no.3870, 5th May 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Soldier stopping and searching civilian on the street in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, during the Russian Revolution, photography by Daily Mirror, published in L'Illustration no.3867, 14th April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cannons behind a barricade topped by the red flag in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, during the Russian Revolution, photograph by Daily Mirror, published in L'Illustration no.3867, 14th April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bags of flour ready to be distributed to the poor, outside the Palace of Tauride (seat of the Provisional Government after the February Revolution) in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, during the Russian Revolution, photograph by Daily Mirror, published in L'Illustration no.3867, 14th April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Moment when a shot is fired from a window on the Nevsky Prospect, main street in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, during the Russian Revolution, photograph by Daily Mirror, published in L'Illustration no.3867, 14th April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Soldiers digging a grave in the snow in front of the Winter Palace to bury victims of combat carried into the streets between 10th and 15th March 1917, in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, during the Russian Revolution, photograph by Daily Mirror, published in L'Illustration no.3867, 14th April 1917. In this square many demonstrators were also killed during the riots of January 1905. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Anti-revolutionaries arrested and taken to the  Peter and Paul fortress in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, during the Russian Revolution, photograph by Daily Mirror, published in L'Illustration no.3867, 14th April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nikolay Chkheidze, 1864-1926, Georgian Social Democrat politician and president of the Executive Committee of the Soviet of Petrograd, making a speech to riflemen at a barracks during the Russian Revolution, photograph published on the front page of L'Illustration, no.3871, 12th May 1917. Chkheidze was Chairman of the Executive Committee of Workers and Soldiers, leader of the Workers' Party and of the opposition to the Provisional Government. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Session of parliament during the Russian Revolution in the Duma chamber - the portrait of Tsar Nicolas II has been removed from its frame and the bronze imperial coat of arms taken from the rostrum and soldiers and officers take the place of politicians, photograph from the front page of L'Illustration no.3867, 14th April 1917. The inset photograph shows a Duma session from 1916 with the former president of the Council Sturmer reading a declaration. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Patriotic demonstration and parade of troops during the Russian Revolution, in Red Square, Moscow, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3875, 9th June 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Russian officers and soldiers at the Front in the First World War, swearing an oath of allegiance to the Provisional Government, formed after the February Revolution, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3872, 19th May 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Jeep transporting soldiers during the Russian Revolution in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, 11th or 12th March 1917, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3868, 21st April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sentry guarding the dead after a bloody day of fighting during the Russian Revolution in March 1917, photograph by Pyotr Otsup, 1883-1963, published in L'Illustration no.3869, 28th April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Prince Georgy Lvov, 1861-1925, president of the Provisional Government, photograph taken in the debating chamber, published in L'Illustration no.3868, 21st April 1917. Lvov was a Russian statesman and the first post-imperial prime minister of Russia, from 15 March to 21 July 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fire at the courthouse in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, 11th or 12th March 1917, during the Russian Revolution, photograph by P Wolkof of Vetchernee Vremia, published in L'Illustration no.3868, 21st April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crowds in front of the Palace of Tauride (seat of the Provisional Government after the February Revolution), in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, Russia, during the Russian Revolution, on 14th March 1917, photograph by P Wolkof of Vetchernee Vremia, published in L'Illustration no.3868, 21st April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Crowds marching towards the Duma or parliament building in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, during the Russian Revolution, 12th March 1917, photograph by Karl Bulla, 1853-1929, published in L'Illustration no.3868, 21st April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte and built 2013-16 in Russian Byzantine style, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is topped with 5 bulbous domes made from fibreglass covered in gold alloy. The cathedral forms a complex with the adjacent buildings, forming the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, or Russian Orthodox Cultural and Spiritual Centre, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte and built 2013-16 in Russian Byzantine style, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is topped with 5 bulbous domes made from fibreglass covered in gold alloy. The cathedral forms a complex with the adjacent buildings, forming the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, or Russian Orthodox Cultural and Spiritual Centre, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Behind the domes is the Tour Eiffel or Eiffel Tower, designed by Gustave Eiffel and erected 1887-89. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte and built 2013-16 in Russian Byzantine style, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is topped with 5 bulbous domes made from fibreglass covered in gold alloy. The cathedral forms a complex with the adjacent buildings, forming the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, or Russian Orthodox Cultural and Spiritual Centre, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte and built 2013-16 in Russian Byzantine style, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is topped with 5 bulbous domes made from fibreglass covered in gold alloy. The cathedral forms a complex with the adjacent buildings, forming the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, or Russian Orthodox Cultural and Spiritual Centre, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Behind the domes is the Tour Eiffel or Eiffel Tower, designed by Gustave Eiffel and erected 1887-89. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte and built 2013-16 in Russian Byzantine style, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is topped with 5 bulbous domes made from fibreglass covered in gold alloy. The cathedral forms a complex with the adjacent buildings, forming the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, or Russian Orthodox Cultural and Spiritual Centre, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte and built 2013-16 in Russian Byzantine style, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is topped with 5 bulbous domes made from fibreglass covered in gold alloy. The cathedral forms a complex with the adjacent buildings, forming the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, or Russian Orthodox Cultural and Spiritual Centre, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte and built 2013-16 in Russian Byzantine style, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is topped with 5 bulbous domes made from fibreglass covered in gold alloy. The cathedral forms a complex with the adjacent buildings, forming the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, or Russian Orthodox Cultural and Spiritual Centre, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte and built 2013-16 in Russian Byzantine style, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is topped with 5 bulbous domes made from fibreglass covered in gold alloy. The cathedral forms a complex with the adjacent buildings, forming the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, or Russian Orthodox Cultural and Spiritual Centre, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte and built 2013-16 in Russian Byzantine style, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is topped with 5 bulbous domes made from fibreglass covered in gold alloy. The cathedral forms a complex with the adjacent buildings, forming the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, or Russian Orthodox Cultural and Spiritual Centre, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Behind the domes is the Tour Eiffel or Eiffel Tower, designed by Gustave Eiffel and erected 1887-89. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte and built 2013-16 in Russian Byzantine style, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is topped with 5 bulbous domes made from fibreglass covered in gold alloy. The cathedral forms a complex with the adjacent buildings, forming the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, or Russian Orthodox Cultural and Spiritual Centre, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Behind the domes is the Tour Eiffel or Eiffel Tower, designed by Gustave Eiffel and erected 1887-89. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte and built 2013-16 in Russian Byzantine style, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is topped with 5 bulbous domes made from fibreglass covered in gold alloy. The cathedral forms a complex with the adjacent buildings, forming the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, or Russian Orthodox Cultural and Spiritual Centre, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Lighting candles at a manoualia, a large brass candle holder, during the Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest holding candles and a cross during Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Horos, a gold filigree chandelier with images of saints, hung below the central dome in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Apse of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painting of an angel on the central gate of the iconostasis, in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narthex, seen from the balcony, of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. On the left is a manoualia, a large brass candle holder. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Worshippers bowing their heads at Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. On the left is a manoualia, a large brass candle holder. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest holding candles and a cross during Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest holding candles during Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest holding candles during Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Priest holding candles during Sunday service in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Icon of Christ and a silver urn filled with holy water, in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Iconostasis in the Narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. On the left is a manoualia, a large brass candle holder. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders, and a horos, a gold filigree chandelier. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Central gate of the iconostasis, in the narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narthex of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Narthex, seen from under the balcony, of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite de Paris, or Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Russian Orthodox Church, built 2013-16, on Quai Branly, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. This room is plastered and lined with frescoes on a gold background, centred around the iconostasis. There are also manoualia, large brass candle holders. The cathedral is part of a complex with the Centre Spirituel et Culturel Orthodoxe Russe, promoting Russian cultural religious heritage. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Onion domes and dedication on the Orthodox Chapel, designed by Albert Benois and built 1936-37, Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. The site honours the 6,100 Russian soldiers killed on French battlefields, in memory of the Franco-Russian military alliance celebrated at the visit of Czar Nicholas II to Champagne in 1896 and 1901. The chapel was built with funds from the Association du Souvenir du Corps Expeditionnaire Russe. 1,000 Russian soldiers from 2 brigades who fought on the French front in 1916-18 are buried in the adjoining cemetery. The site is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Alexander Kerensky, 1881-1970, Minister of War, and general Aleksei Brusilov leave in a car cheered by the crowd, after having led a meeting of the Congress of Delegates of Front line Troops, on the South West Russian Front in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine. Kerensky is saluting the crowd by raising his hat. Photograph published in L'Illustration no.3878, 30th June 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General Fyodor Palitzin, 1851-1923, commander of the Russian Expeditionary Force in France, encouraging soldier delegates standing at ease of the Petrograd Committee, serving in France in the First World War, to work for Russia and for France, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3873, 26th May 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • General Fyodor Palitzin, 1851-1923, commander of the Russian Expeditionary Force in France, encouraging soldier delegates of the Petrograd Committee, serving in France in the First World War, to work for Russia and for France, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3873, 26th May 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Alexander Kerensky, minister of justice, and the commandant of the imperial palace who guards the former tsar, at Tsarskoye Selo, photograph by Daily Mirror, published in L'Illustration no.3870, 5th May 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Trainee artillerymen in Revolutionary Russia carrying a banner stating 'War for liberty, until victory', photograph published in L'Illustration no.3872, 19th May 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Armed soldiers in the reading room of the Duma, or parliament building, photograph by P Wolkof of Vetchernee Vremia, published in L'Illustration no.3868, 21st April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Funeral of Revolutionary fighters in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, 5th April 1917, with coffins carried by soldiers, students and workers, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3869, 28th April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grand Duke Nikolay Nikolayevich Romanov of Russia, 1856-1929, in the Caucasus, photograph published by L'Illustration no.3865, 31st March 1917. During the February Revolution, the grand duke was in the Caucasus and was appointed supreme commander in chief by the Emperor, an appointment which was cancelled 24 hours later by the new premier, Prince Georgy Lvov. He died in exile in 1929. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Patriotic counter-demonstration responding to the pacifist actions of the supporters of Lenin, with servicemen blinded in the First World War led by a nurse under a banner stating 'War until complete victory. Long live liberty!', photograph published in L'Illustration no.3874, 2nd June 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Demonstration by pacifist Lenin supporters, on 1st May a follower of Lenin declared the confiscation of land, the deposition of the Provisional Government and the sovereignty of the Proletariat, photograph by Karl Bulla, 1853-1929, published in L'Illustration no.3874, 2nd June 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Soldiers carrying a wreath with the inscription 'Be proud, fallen fighters, a free Russia will never forget you' in gold letters on a red background, at the funeral of Revolutionary fighters in Petrograd, later St Petersburg, photograph published in L'Illustration no.3869, 28th April 1917. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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