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![[The heroine of Port Arthur -- the only woman soldier, killed here a few hours later]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvdGhlLWhlcm9pbmUtb2YtcG9ydC1hcnRodXItdGhlLW9ubHktd29tYW4tc29sZGllci1raWxsZWQtaGVyZS1hLWZldy1ob3Vycy1sYXRlci00OTVjNTUtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/320/301/jpg "[The heroine of Port Arthur -- the only woman soldier, killed here a few hours later]")
![[Inside a Russian fort during the siege - shell marks around a dummy gun - Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjYvaW5zaWRlLWEtcnVzc2lhbi1mb3J0LWR1cmluZy10aGUtc2llZ2Utc2hlbGwtbWFya3MtYXJvdW5kLWEtZHVtbXktZ3VuLXBvcnQtNTA3OWQ4LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/22/webp "[Inside a Russian fort during the siege - shell marks around a dummy gun - Port Arthur]")
![Portrait photo of Pilʹshchiki na Sviri. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvcGlsc2hjaGlraS1uYS1zdmlyaS1yb3NzaXNrYWlhLWltcGVyaWlhLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/36/webp "Portrait photo of Pilʹshchiki na Sviri. [Rossiĭskai︠a︡ imperii︠a︡]")
![[The heroine of Port Arthur -- the only woman soldier, killed here a few hours later]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvdGhlLWhlcm9pbmUtb2YtcG9ydC1hcnRodXItdGhlLW9ubHktd29tYW4tc29sZGllci1raWxsZWQtaGVyZS1hLWZldy1ob3Vycy1sYXRlci1mNTEwZjItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/21/webp "[The heroine of Port Arthur -- the only woman soldier, killed here a few hours later]")
![[A sentinel over the dead -- guarding comrades who died defending Russian forts -- Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvYS1zZW50aW5lbC1vdmVyLXRoZS1kZWFkLWd1YXJkaW5nLWNvbXJhZGVzLXdoby1kaWVkLWRlZmVuZGluZy1ydXNzaWFuLWZvcnRzLTA2ZGU4YS02NDAuanBn/40/21/webp "[A sentinel over the dead -- guarding comrades who died defending Russian forts -- Port Arthur]")
![[A warship on its side at a quay, Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTEvYS13YXJzaGlwLW9uLWl0cy1zaWRlLWF0LWEtcXVheS1wb3J0LWFydGh1ci02NzdlOTMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/22/webp "[A warship on its side at a quay, Port Arthur]")
![[Bodies of Russian soldiers awaiting burial, Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDgvYm9kaWVzLW9mLXJ1c3NpYW4tc29sZGllcnMtYXdhaXRpbmctYnVyaWFsLXBvcnQtYXJ0aHVyLWI2YjJlMC02NDAuanBn/40/22/webp "[Bodies of Russian soldiers awaiting burial, Port Arthur]")
![[Sunken warships, Port Arthur] - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMzAvc3Vua2VuLXdhcnNoaXBzLXBvcnQtYXJ0aHVyLTlmMmI4Ny02NDAuanBn/40/22/webp "[Sunken warships, Port Arthur] - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph")
![[Early morning in a Russian battery during the siege of Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDUvZWFybHktbW9ybmluZy1pbi1hLXJ1c3NpYW4tYmF0dGVyeS1kdXJpbmctdGhlLXNpZWdlLW9mLXBvcnQtYXJ0aHVyLTZmMTRlYy02NDAuanBn/40/38/webp "[Early morning in a Russian battery during the siege of Port Arthur]")
