First Russian National Army

The 1st Russian National Army was a Russian pro-Axis army under Boris Smyslovsky, a Russian-Finnish aristocrat and former Tsarist military officer, during World War II. == History == === Origins === Before 1945, the Army was known as Sonderdivision Russland (German: Special Division Russia), an organisation composed of White emigrants, who trained prisoners of war and defectors from the Red Army to obtain information about the partisan movement, like the names of the main leaders and their locations. The group participated in anti-partisan operations in occupied Eastern Europe.

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First Russian National Army

The 1st Russian National Army was a Russian pro-Axis army under Boris Smyslovsky, a Russian-Finnish aristocrat and former Tsarist military officer, during World War II. == History == === Origins === Before 1945, the Army was known as Sonderdivision Russland (German: Special Division Russia), an organisation composed of White emigrants, who trained prisoners of war and defectors from the Red Army to obtain information about the partisan movement, like the names of the main leaders and their locations. The group participated in anti-partisan operations in occupied Eastern Europe.

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