Women in overcoats. 1914-1928 Sukhorukov M.M.

Book M.M. Sukhorukova is devoted to the participation of women in Russia in the First World War and civil wars. The author made an attempt to show a holistic picture of the origin and existence of the female volunteer movement in Russia for the first quarter of the twentieth century.

new facts of women's participation in Russia's wars are supplemented by biographies of the drummer M.L. Bochkareva, Red Banims and Scouts M.F. Sakhnovskaya, who rushed to the general position. The author also examines the little-known details of the life and military fate of the woman-commissioner of the Main Naval Staff L.M. Reisner and the only woman-commander of the armored train L.G. Mokievskaya-Zubok.