Ziba Ganiyeva, who served as sniper from 1941 to 1942 when she was heavily wounded and had to leave the front. She managed to get 21 kills in that period.
A group of Slovenes from the company “Matija Gubec” ahead of the offensive on Brunet in early July 1937. Among others stands Aleš Bebler (second from the right).
Our Spaniards: a collection of photographs and documents on the participation of Yugoslav volunteers in the Spanish War 1936-1939 , Ljubljana, 1961.
UK 1903 Pattern Leather .303 Ammo Ammunition Pouch with Iberian pouches & Mosin Nagants.
The Mosin Nagant is a rifle that represents Russia. When one thinks of Russia typically vodka, potatoes, hard bass music, and the Mosin Nagant come to mind. However, believe it or not the very first production models of the Mosin Nagant did not come from Glorious Motherland, rather the Mosin was first manufactured in the Land of the Baguette; France.
How did this come to be? While Russia adopted the Model 1891 Mosin Nagant in 1891, it was taking some time for Russian arsenals to retool in order to manufacture the rifle. At around the same time, Russia and France were discussing an alliance. Russian relations were not very good in the 19th century, with France invading Russia during the Napoleonic Wars in 1812 and again during the Crimean War. However in 1891 tensions were cooling, and there was a bigger foe on the horizon in the form of Germany. An official treaty was signed in 1892, among which was an agreement in which France would produce 500,000 Mosin Nagant rifles for Russia. Production was contracted to the Chatellerault Arsenal, which produced 503,750 Mosin Nagant rifles between 1892 and 1895 for the price of 59 Francs each. This price included production of the rifle, accessories, and proof testing.
The Chatellerault Mosin Nagant is little different than Russian production Mosins, but the most interesting difference was the addition of a finger rest on the stock.
The barrel was stamped with the double headed eagle which represented the Czar, while the receiver featured Chatellerault Arsenal markings in Cyrilic.
Finnish White Guard (Heikki August Salmi) and a German soldier standing across the street from the Swedish theater in Helsinki, 19 April 1918, 8 days after the retaking of Helsinki from the Finnish Red Guard.
