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nine hundred fifteen. this is simon's in eastern crushes more terrifying than i could have imagined. weeks travelling i finally made it to the eastern front where pitched battles seem an almost daily occurrence for months now the russian army has been pushed back by the german and austrian garion forces but they make them work for every inch the fines he's fierce noise deafening and the bravery of the
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soldiers difficult to have a state. that's for myself i'm already taking pictures i never thought possible. i just need to make sure i don't run out of slants and that i keep my head down. pat. on a hot summer's day and. it's time to bring the past to life. to commemorate the scent of the beginning of. a huge battle re-enactment is about to take place. hundreds of people from all over europe have come to recreate some of the most. so the russian army. and all they need is
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a place to stay and a place to fight. for your. faith in yourself. says. they'll be no luxury for those taking part but this tent camp will at least give them a roof over their heads. most is this way. you'll. feel your place. if it's little. that's your.
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else was what you'll. so you see what you saw this with children. horse right you know it's like it used to it's a roots is the also useful spotted it will still soft also just one you'd like to see here it's labeled as did you do it was it you know it's that was used or we do boys don't we. think of getting used to just that's just. us was. just snuck off to look at the bully is all. but like of the shape yet as i say should we get out of the should be done. the way also in us and if we had that if nothing press both because of the upper lower shots why in the postmortem. good if we had supported due process with him i
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mean why do you with those not when you. got off. in the saddle. up with what they're such as. spitting which on you is in on it i'm trying to squash was. playing chicken it's just what if somebody is a possibility and the facility is not a puzzle. i think they are. and once the temps are all up the participants start to arrive. uniform regulations are still a little relaxed at least for now but i don't. think. that's the guns fall silent normal life seems to quickly resume. the man away from the trenches spend their time in camp attending to various tutsis
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or simply recovering. on the whole they've been friendly and in general happy to pose for photos. many of us for copies of my pictures if i ever have a chance to develop them. to my surprise i found i'm not even the only journalist here. and show me young lady named catarina is also taking pictures for a russian magazine. she's promised to show me the latest techniques. that apply to. many of the reconstruct as
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a from established clubs and the time before the battle has a chance to catch up with old friends. like. it was just a loose for this. thing she does it would have felt so i do not believe this. but just because that's what it was like. for almost everyone him military appearance is all important and that means the uniforms must be as authentic as possible no self respecting highland would take to the field without a perfectly tailored kilt. from the seafood. little's you want it is not. on your body but you should. check your.
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chest muscle. what's. with which. is it's. not that it's. clean with. which yes. you do truly believe it is b.s. but it will be but you will mostly will. look to steal a few food before you move in school here for the solicit legal. or it. was.
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a her. full repertoire of songs more and more recruits continue to arrive. everyone needs to be registered before taking part in the administrators are hard at work. mostly signed up the participants can relax or look for more constructive ways to pass their time like helping out with new recruits. i think about. what you want as you. leave. for. people.
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like. me. and just like a hundred years ago the tried and trusted kickabout is a popular. well. nineteen fifteen has been a desperate year for the russian forces the germans and all strong guerin's have steadily pushed them back from east prussia with considerable casualties but they will not be driven out easily. the russians have made a stand and they're in remarkably good spirits despite a growing shortage of equipment. they firmly believe they're destined for victory.
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that's just one try to document the battle as best i can. stretch or better is run back and forth carrying the wounded to field medical stations. it's a harrowing sight but the wounded bear their injuries stoic and the doctors and nurses do their best. to be assaulted or refinance the russians pushed over the top and surprised the enemy. close courses they were no match for the russians and many german soldiers were captured. it was a great victory and a much needed boost in their own.
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sigrid laboratory was able to build a most sophisticated robot fortunately doesn't sound anything tim's mission to teach creation why it should care about humans and. this is why you should care only. the. commemoration. no expense has been spent in bringing. to take part in the battle. the great war has relatively few events dedicated to it in russia and this is also used as a way to educate the audience about the conflict of killed more than two million of
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their countrymen. it's a spectacle of sound and vision with dozens of roles to be played and the organizers want to make sure everyone knows their part. just. because. it's been. a few.
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thing when you. do fall. you know. good for. you buddy. buddy. close or another long journey i've come to the famous also vets fortress it's been undeceived since september last year but so far it's fought off several german assaults it's located on the river be able to about fifty kilometers from the border with east prussia in the one place where the marshlands of the river can be crossed it's a vital choke point in the han the desperate to get their hands on it. the men here have held out for months but they must be suffering badly. i've got to try and document what's happening here question is how much you have to think of something
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but it's proved difficult to make contact with anyone in authority although at least some of the locals have been friend. and.
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i have failed to gain access despite my papers from us. get inside somehow. is there no point in the upping much of the other. side when scalia and scalia and i think is that he deal is that he deal. by polls or got to go simple does she do you know what you're going to go up or is the. use of about a million less than it was a bottle going up i shal be. partially filled with bullets. and water it's not going to be that the upper shuffle is a lot but a real sewer good truck worker. to his mill to do what you. know just that security patrols have become or all the lacks in recent days perhaps an opportunity will present itself.
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a little sneak across the room. and. let me. know when. my plan has succeeded so far. posting myself off as a reinforcement seems to have done the trick. i think they're actually grateful for any extra help they can get. but now of course i must be incredibly careful as i try to think what might happen if they find me out was. never. going to come. on.
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back in the twenty first century the weather is not being cooperative although the heavy showers do bring some relief from the intense heat. when it's like this there's not much to do but sit and wait or maybe even catch forty winks. just make sure you're not lying under an open window. several hundred of our reactors are killing time until the festival's climactic battle. is quite a close knit group and many tour the country performing in different events. spectacles like this are a great opportunity to meet people from other regions of russia and even beyond who share their love for the past and surprisingly there are plenty of it in pantry partings. i'm i'm irish
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and i'm ira was i'm i'm. just a few minutes to go the last soldiers are preparing for one of the most memorable russian actions of world war one the defense of the also its fortress and the attack of the dead man. i have made a terrible mistake my god recognized me from the day before outside the fortress and alerted the duty officer. it wasn't long before my camera was discovered.
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memorizing this from the forts dungeon and i have a stark choice to. make. fight with the regiment against the next german advance. to the spine it doesn't take too much still to know what my answer will be. but what's the soldiers for many months now. at last i'll have a chance to shoot something more than the pictures in the school. bus and leave my notes here and hope to have a great story to. respond. to sensible salutes was one of the russian army's most famous acts of to finance a group of less than a hundred bloodied dying men chasing all three divisions of the german army. just over a fortnight later the russians were able to sabotage the remaining german artillery
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and retreat from the ruined fortress heroic moments brought to life once again one hundred years old.
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