Modern Russia's Joans 

 of Arc. All Classes 

 Are Represented in the 

 Regiment of Women, 

 "From the Colonel's 

 Lady to Judy O'Grady" 



Amazons of the Battalion of Death re- 

 ceiving caps. Each girl carries potas- 

 sium cyanide which she will take at the 

 last moment rather than be captured 



Photos © Int. Film Serv. 



Like their brothers, hi arms 

 Russian girl soldiers must 

 have mascots. Short hair 

 and masculine clothes can't 

 eliminate a feminine fond- 

 ness for cats and birds 



Women warriors learning 

 the business of warfare 

 under drill-master's; from 

 the Guards. Their stoic 

 bravery under fire is one 

 of the wonders of the war 



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