Gwendal Piégais (@gwendalpiegais.bsky.social)

Very pleased to share an article I wrote for @conteurohistory.bsky.social based on my research on the Russian brigades sent to the Macedonian front during #WW1. Drawing on French and Russian archives, I try to explain why #Russia sent troops on such a distant front. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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‘A Rightful Share of Prestige and Influence’: The Russian Brigades in Macedonia and Russia’s Ambitions in the Balkans during the First World War | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core ‘A Rightful Share of Prestige and Influence’: The Russian Brigades in Macedonia and Russia’s Ambitions in the Balkans during the First World War https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/contemporary-european-history/article/rightful-share-of-prestige-and-influence-the-russian-brigades-in-macedonia-and-russias-ambitions-in-the-balkans-during-the-first-world-war/1E1D800033BC760893635D0CECD9DAE2