Creation of women's shock battalions (1917)

Drill exercises of the women's shock battalion in Petrograd in August-September 1917. An officer talks to candidates for the battalion.

Personnel of the women's shock battalion posing for a photographer (panorama).

Commander of the Petrograd Military District General Polovtsev P.A. inspects the 1st Petrograd Women's Death Battalion; the women march in place and continue moving.

Kerensky A.F. and the military accompanying him go to inspect one of the women's battalions.

Officers and privates of one of the front-line shock units take turns nailing the banner to the staff during the ceremony of presenting the banner to the shock battalion.

Personnel of the 2nd Moscow Women's Shock Battalion in formation with bare heads during a prayer service on Red Square in Moscow on June 27, 1917. The ceremony of presenting the icon to the 2nd Moscow Women's Shock Battalion on Red Square during the send-off to the front.

Consecration of the battalion's banner.

Panorama of one of the streets of Petrograd on June 18, 1917 during a rally to mark the beginning of the offensive at the front, cadets in formation.

Carrying out the banner and icon of the 2nd Moscow Women's Shock Battalion to Red Square on June 27, 1917. Soldiers during a prayer service on the front line.

Infantry moving through the pitted terrain.