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![[U.S. Army transport BUFORD, the "Soviet Ark," used to deport aliens to Russia, Dec. 21, 1919 - broadside view]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDcvMDEvMDEvdXMtYXJteS10cmFuc3BvcnQtYnVmb3JkLXRoZS1zb3ZpZXQtYXJrLXVzZWQtdG8tZGVwb3J0LWFsaWVucy10by1ydXNzaWEtZGVjLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/210/jpg "[U.S. Army transport BUFORD, the \"Soviet Ark,\" used to deport aliens to Russia, Dec. 21, 1919 - broadside view]")
![[Russia, ca. 1920] - A black and white photo of a horse drawn carriage](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvcnVzc2lhLWNhLTE5MjAtMy02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Russia, ca. 1920] - A black and white photo of a horse drawn carriage")
![[Russia, ca. 1920] - Frank G. Carpenter collection](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvcnVzc2lhLWNhLTE5MjAtMS02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Russia, ca. 1920] - Frank G. Carpenter collection")
![[Russia, ca. 1920] - A group of people standing in front of a building](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjAvMDEvMDEvcnVzc2lhLWNhLTE5MjAtMi02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[Russia, ca. 1920] - A group of people standing in front of a building")
![[Russia's fleet lying under great Golden Hill forts, being sunk by Japanese shells -- Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvcnVzc2lhcy1mbGVldC1seWluZy11bmRlci1ncmVhdC1nb2xkZW4taGlsbC1mb3J0cy1iZWluZy1zdW5rLWJ5LWphcGFuZXNlLXNoZWxscy1kZTk3MjctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/22/webp "[Russia's fleet lying under great Golden Hill forts, being sunk by Japanese shells -- Port Arthur]")
![[A soldier-cobbler mending boots in a Russian redoubt during a lull in the firing - Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjAvYS1zb2xkaWVyLWNvYmJsZXItbWVuZGluZy1ib290cy1pbi1hLXJ1c3NpYW4tcmVkb3VidC1kdXJpbmctYS1sdWxsLWluLXRoZS1maXJpbmctMDQzODRmLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/21/webp "[A soldier-cobbler mending boots in a Russian redoubt during a lull in the firing - Port Arthur]")
![[In besieged Port Arthur - Russians praying over dead comrades brought back from the front]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDUvaW4tYmVzaWVnZWQtcG9ydC1hcnRodXItcnVzc2lhbnMtcHJheWluZy1vdmVyLWRlYWQtY29tcmFkZXMtYnJvdWdodC1iYWNrLWZyb20tMGFjZDhhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/39/webp "[In besieged Port Arthur - Russians praying over dead comrades brought back from the front]")
