MARK PAUL GOSSELAAR TO LEAD
'PEOPLE ARE TALKING' SITCOM

EPIC 'BATTALION' TRAILER ON
RUSSIAN WW1 FEMALE SOLDIERS
And here's something epic and visually spectacular: currently playing
in Russian cinemas is World War I epic drama BATTALION coming from director Dmitriy Meskhiev and produced by famous Russian filmmaker Fedor Bondarchuk who helmed huge Russian blockbuster STALINGRAD. The story of the historical movie is set in 1917's Russia at the height of First World War telling of the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death, formed as part of an effort to inspire the mass of war-weary soldiers to continue fighting in World War I.

DEZZY'S HISTORY CLASS
Beside the idea of inspiring the exhausted Russian soldiers after years of defending their country
in WWI they also hoped the presence of women would shame hesitant male soldiers into resuming their combat duties. Beside 15 female formations formed in 1917, there was also an all female naval unit! Only The 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death, was deployed to the front line commanded by Russian peasant woman Maria Bochkareva who already served in the Army since 1914. When tired male soldiers hesitated to occupy German trenches near Smorgon, the women decided to go without them successfully taking over a number of enemy trenches.
Beside the idea of inspiring the exhausted Russian soldiers after years of defending their country
