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ON THE BATTLEFIELD

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in

 

SIBERIA

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1918 - 1920

 

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For a history of the American Siberian Expedition,

 

see

 

www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2002/winter/us-arm...

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31st Infantry on a practice march near Vladivostok, Siberia

about Dec. 1st 1918.

Source of Photograph:

Americans in the Land of Lenin: Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia;

papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter;

Duke University Libraries Digital Repository.

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AEF Siberia Railroad Guard Sectors

Source of Map:

House, John M.;

“Wolfhounds and Polar Bears in Siberia: America’s Military Intervention, 1918 - 1920";

Thesis at Dept. of History, Univ. Kansas, Oct. 1986; DTIC ADA177753

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Suchan Mining Area and Narrow Gauge Railroad AEF Siberia

Source of Map:

House, John M.;

“Wolfhounds and Polar Bears in Siberia: America’s Military Intervention, 1918 - 1920";

Thesis at Dept. of History, Univ. Kansas, Oct. 1986; DTIC ADA177753

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'Samovar' side view

Source of Photograph:

Americans in the Land of Lenin:

Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia;

papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter;

Duke University Libraries Digital Repository.

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'Samovar' narrow gauge locomotive, Siberia

Source of Photograph:

 Americans in the Land of Lenin:

Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia;

papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter;

Duke University Libraries Digital Repository.

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Russian locomotive ca1918 [Eichelberger & Fetter]

Source of Photograph:

Americans in the Land of Lenin:

Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia;

papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter;

Duke University Libraries Digital Repository.

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Japanese- allied peace parade Nov. 1918 – Vladivostok

Source of Photograph:

Americans in the Land of Lenin:

Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia;

papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter;

Duke University Libraries Digital Repository.

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Vladivostok Harbor with USS Brooklyn far right.

View of Manchuria in distance, Vladivostok 1918

Source of Photograph:

Americans in the Land of Lenin:

Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia;

papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter;

Duke University Libraries Digital Repository.

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Harbin, Manchuria Russian radio station 1918

Source of Photograph:

Americans in the Land of Lenin:

Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia;

papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter;

Duke University Libraries Digital Repository.

 

This may be the wireless station in Shuanchiao,

near Peking, built by the Japanese Company Mitsui in 1918.

The smaller station at Harbin was constructed by the Marconi Co. in 1921.

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Général. Janin of the French Army coming to take command of

the Checks[Czechs] & Russians on the Ural Front.

Taken the day he landed in Vladivostok, November 1918

Source of Photograph:

Americans in the Land of Lenin:

Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia;

papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter;

Duke University Libraries Digital Repository

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Droskie attached to our hdqrs 27th inf in Khabarovsk HQs background 1918

[Eichelberger & Fetter]

Source of Photograph: Americans in the Land of Lenin:

Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia;

papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter;

Duke University Libraries Digital Repository.

Kees Kort comments

It seems to be spelled as Droshky or Drosky a transliteration of the Russian name Дрожки.

It is a four-wheel carriage with a low-lying structure,

probably ideal for stability on bad quality uneven roads.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droshky

Chabarovsk [Russian Хаба́ровск - beware the accent is only for foreigners that they know

where the accent is] is a long way from Vladivostok, perhaps not for Russian dimensions,

but it is ca. 750 km north of Vladivostok.

 

George comments

American Infantry was used to guard the railroads in Siberia from the Bolsheviks.

According to accounts of that period from 1918 -1920,

Khabarovsk was a city near the huge Amur railroad bridge leading to Manchuria.

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Criminal wearing cangue in Vladivostok 1918

Source of Photograph:

Americans in the Land of Lenin:

Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia;

papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter;

Duke University Libraries Digital Repository.

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Armored gondola on the special train in which General Graves & Ambassador Morris [ride] to Omsk,

July 1919.

Taken at Vladivostok Station

Source of Photograph:

Americans in the Land of Lenin: Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia;

papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter;

Duke University Libraries Digital Repository.

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Amur Railway bridge – 1918

Source of Photograph:

Americans in the Land of Lenin:

Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia;

papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter;

Duke University Libraries Digital Repository.

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American HQs [L] in Svetlanskay, Vladivostok 1918

Source of Photograph:

Americans in the Land of Lenin:

Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia;

papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter;

Duke University Libraries Digital Repository.

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U.S. consulate, Vladivostok

Photograph shows a soldier and man outside the United States Consulate in Vladivostok, Russia. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017)

Bain News Service, publisher

[between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C

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Allied troops with transport truck in Vladivostok 1918

Source of Photograph:

Americans in the Land of Lenin:

Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia;

papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter;

Duke University Libraries Digital Repository.

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Kalmakoff's] armored train at the R.R. station S[] Nov. 18th 1919

Source of Photograph:

Americans in the Land of Lenin:

Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia;

papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter;

Duke University Libraries Digital Repository.

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Russian 2-6-0 steam locomotive Vladivostok 1918

Americans in the Land of Lenin: Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia;

papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter;

Duke University Libraries Digital Repository.

 

A Baldwin built locomotive ordered by Russia in the 1870s.

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Our special on a trip from Vladivostok to Bira, Siberia October 1918 [Eichelberger]

Americans in the Land of Lenin:

Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia;

papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter;

Duke University Libraries Digital Repository.

 

Baldwin locomotives purchased by Russia in the 1870s.

This appears to be a 2-8-0 engine

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Graves' special leaving Vladivostok On its long journey to Omsk. -

About July 8th 1919

Americans in the Land of Lenin:

Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia;

papers of Robert L. Eichelberger and Frank Whitson Fetter;

Duke University Libraries Digital Repository.

 

George comments

A Russian Type G 4-6-0 locomotive built between 1901-1904.

[Thanks to Евгений Лыков for this identification].

A cinder catcher has been attached to the stack to help prevent wildfires in Siberia.

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