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This is a photo of the tree-nursery at the Razin forestry. [HR 231]

This is a photo of the Old Berdjansk Forestry. The command goes to work. In the spring of 1881 the first group of Mennonite boys began its military service. At first they had to serve four years, later on three. About one thousand boys served. In the summer of 1914, just before the beginning of the war, 1204 men were serving in nine forestries and one extra command. [HR 230] (2 prints)

This is a photo of Mennonite men in service. [HR 234]

This is a photo of service in Iswar. To the left sits Johann Riediger from Lichtenau. [HR 233]

This is a photo of the H. Penners from the village of Nikolaifeld coming for a visit to the Vladimirover Forestry. [HR 56]

This is a photo of the "starschij" and the "gefreiter" (Senior and Corporal) of the forestry Scherebkowo with their "Ekonom-minister" Nikolai Friesen, father of the Elder N. N. Friesen known in Canada. Friesen was a teacher and a public worker. He too had to suffer during and after the Revolution. In 1950 he went to his eternal rest. [HR 232]

This is a photo of the Razin Forestry. To the right stand the residence of the manager; to the left the kitchen; and to the front the farm buildings. By the fall of 1917 the government had become so weak that control dropped out of its hands. The forestry service thereby too came to an end. [HR 230]

This is a photo of young men serving in forestry. As can be seen by the buttons on their caps and the markings on their collars, they are officials. The boys usually referred to all officials as "Besta". Left, Franz Janzen; right, David Friesen. He died in exile. [HR 194]

This is a photo of a group pf men serving in a forest. The man in the white fur cap in the front is Peter Isaak from Sagradowka. [HR 240]

This is a photo of a group of young Mennonite men serving the country. [HR 241]

This is a photo of young men who served in the big Russian forests as woodcutters or in factories. [HR 239]

This photo shows three men in distinctly different uniforms -- one is in the forestry service, one is a pedagogical student, and one is a student at the commerce school.

This is a photo of Hermann Enns, who died here in Manitoba. Jakob Brucks; Heinrich Dick. [HR 233]

This is a photo of five Mennonite men standing and sitting outside a tent in the woods. They are currently working for the Russian state service, and appear to have recently chopped wood. [HR 245]

This is a photo of Mennonite men serving in Iswar. [HR 244]