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The product is a postcard depicting a French-Algerian-Russian military expedition in Africa. It features soldiers on march, showcasing a unique historical and cultural perspective.
Following the 1917 mutinies within the Russian Expeditionary Force in France, dissenting and rebellious Russian soldiers were disarmed, disbanded, and frequently sent to forced labor or internment camps in Algeria and other parts of North Africa.
Those deemed "incorrigible" or rebellious who refused to fight under French command were shipped off to forced labor battalions and prison camps in French Algeria and Tunisia, where they endured harsh conditions until repatriation between 1919 and 1920.
The text on the back reads in Russian We were sent to collect wood
