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2. Kornilov Shock Regiment - Wikipedia

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   In August 1917 it was renamed the Kornilov Shock Regiment, but after the Kornilov affair its name was changed to 1st Russian or Slavonic Shock Regiment. [3] The "Slavonic" name reflected the fact that the regiment included Czech volunteers from the Russian army's Czechoslovak Legion, who wanted to preserve the unit from being disbanded by the Russian Provisional Government.

3. Lavr Kornilov - Wikipedia

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   In late 1917, the Kornilov Shock Regiment, one of the crack units of the Volunteer Army, was named after him, as well as many other autonomous White Army formations, such as the Kuban Cossack Kornilov Horse Regiment. Kornilov's forces became recognizable for their Totenkopf insignia, which appeared on the regiment's flags, pennants, and ...

4. Skull and crossbones (military) - Wikipedia

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   The Jolly Roger is the name given to any of various flags flown to identify a ship's crew as pirates. Since the decline of piracy, various military units have used the Jolly Roger, usually in skull-and-crossbones design, as a unit identification insignia or a victory flag to ascribe to themselves the proverbial ferocity and toughness of pirates.

5. Totenkopf - Wikipedia

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   Then after World War I, the unit became Kornilov's Shock Regiment as a part of the White Russian Volunteer Army during the Russian Civil War. Also a death's head emblem was depicted on 17th Don Cossack regiment and Mariupol 4th Hussar regiment badges of Russian Imperial Army.

6. History of Vietnam during World War I - Wikipedia

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   Emperor of Vietnam, Duy Tân in 1916, emperor at the outbreak of the "Great War". Taking advantage of France busying in the conflict, he attempted to join an anti-French rebellion in 1916 but was captured and deposed. At the onset of World War I, Vietnam, nominally under the Nguyễn dynasty, was under French protectorate and part of French ...

7. Category : Military units and formations of Russia in World War I

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   1st Caucasus Army Corps; 1st Daugavgriva Latvian Rifle Regiment; 1st Guards Infantry Division (Russian Empire) 1st Life Guards Rifle Regiment; 1st Neva Infantry Regiment; 2nd Pavlograd Life Hussar Regiment; 4th Kharkov Uhlan Regiment; 4th Vidzeme Latvian Riflemen Regiment; 5th Kaluga Infantry Regiment; 6th Libau Infantry Regiment; 8th Estonia ...