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Ninety-nine years after the Battle of Volochayevka, history buffs relive the clash that many see as the end of the Russian Civil War.
Participants in the reenactment of the Volochayevka Operation prepare their weapons.
These scenes were photographed near Khabarovsk, in Russia s Far East, where military reenactors marked the 99th anniversary of the Battle of Volochayevka on February 14.
A military reenactor in the dress of the Red Army
The 1922 clash was fought between elements linked to the Soviet Red Army and what remained of the counterrevolutionary White Army. Hundreds of fighters died and the anti-revolutionary White Movement was effectively finished off by the battle.