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This photo shows a group known as 45th Artillery Regiment under the command of a Penner as part of the Russian (Soviet Union or USSR) armed forces. There are 35 Mennonites on the photo, who all have various positions within the regiment. Included are the following: Dietrich Hiebert, Franz Buhr and David Janzen (in the front); Gerhard Penner, Johann Fast and Jacob Friesen (in the back).

This photo shows over 40 men posing for a photo with Rev. Reimer from Steinbach, Manitoba (centre, front). George Harder (Niagara-on-the-Lake) is the man in the front row wearing the sleeve-less sweater (vest).

This is a photo of a section of a map created by Karl Stumpp in German showing the governorates (gubernia) of Taurida, Kherson and Yekaterinislav with hand-written notations showing the locations of forestry camps where Mennonite men served up until World War I.