The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Some members of the Allied Mission to Russia with Cossacks (in fur hats) outside the Cathedral in the capital of the Don Republic near the Black Sea. Identified left to right, front row: the wife of General Krasnoff; General Krasnoff, the viceroy or Ataman of the Don Cossacks (in profile), speaking to the Russian Admiral Kononoff; French Captain Cochin; Commander Arthur George Hayes Bond; an unidentified French officer. Behind Commander Bond is Engineer Lieutenant Commander George William Bloomfield. Behind the unidentified French officer is (probably) Lieutenant John Gordon Boyd of the Royal Australian Naval Reserve. The Mission sought to investigate the situation of the Don Cossacks, who were defending their country in the eastern corner of the Ukraine against the Bolsheviks. HMAS Swan of the Australian destroyer flotilla and the French destroyer Bisson conveyed the members of the Mission.
Reference image only to provide position detail for those named. This image is not for sale. General Krasnoff, the locally elected viceroy or Ataman of the Don Cossacks, speaks with the officers of t
See EN0253K for position of those named in this caption. General Krasnoff, the locally elected viceroy or Ataman of the Don Cossacks (back to camera, in fur hat, with gun holster visible), speaks wit
See EN0257K for position of those named in this caption. The wife of General Krasnoff, the viceroy or Ataman of the Don Cossacks, in company with members of the Allied Mission to Russia and several C
General Krasnoff (centre, in fur hat), the viceroy or Ataman of the Don Cossacks, meets members of the Allied Mission to Russia in the capital of the Don Republic. In the background crowds of people
Group portrait of members of the Allied Mission to the Don Republic, Russia with the officers and crew aboard the destroyer HMAS Swan. The Mission sought to investigate the situation of the Cossacks,
A group of Don Cossacks waits to welcome the members of the Allied Mission to the Don Republic. The Mission sought to investigate the situation of the Cossacks, who were defending their country in th
