Russian Female Soldiers 2017. Женщины в Российских вооруженных силах

Women of Russia and the Soviet Union played an important role in World Wars, especially during World War II. Women served in the Russian armed forces in small numbers in the early stages of the war, but their numbers increased after heavy Russian losses such as at the Battle of Tannenberg and Masurian Lakes and a need for increased manpower. Women played a part in most of the armed forces of the Second World War. In most countries though, women tended to serve mostly in administrative, medical and in aux