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title: Russian Women Soldiers, WWI
author: David Miller
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21483/russian-women-soldiers-wwi/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2026-01-11
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# Russian Women Soldiers, WWI
_Authored by David Miller_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21483.png)
## Image Caption
A photograph of the Battalion of [Death](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Death/), a Russian military unit composed only of [women](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/women/) soldiers, taken during the First World [War](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/War/) (1914-18).
Imperial War Museums, London.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Miller, D. (2025, December 17). Russian Women Soldiers, WWI. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Miller, David. "Russian Women Soldiers, WWI." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 17, 2025. .
### MLA
Miller, David. "Russian Women Soldiers, WWI." *World History Encyclopedia*, 17 Dec 2025, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205087103) by **David Miller**. Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 17 December 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.