Russia, 1917, WWI. This is the story of the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death, formed as part of an ill-conceived propaganda ploy by the Russian Provisional Government in late May of 1917.
Directed byDmitry Meskhiev
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shared production studio: Cinema Foundation of Russia
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