Group of Russian sailors from the navy ship Variag during visit to New York City

Credit line: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Photo shows Russian sailors wh were part of a naval expedition sent to the United States in 1863, returning to Russia in 1864. The federal government treated the visit as supporting the Union cause in the American Civil War.
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Forms part of: Civil war photographs, 1861-1865 (Library of Congress).
Title devised by Library staff based on information from Steve Rogers and Michael Neubert, 2011. (Title in Civil War caption books misidentified the sailors as U.S. Navy.)