Russian cemetery given new grave markers

Russian cemetery given new grave markers

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A group working to preserve a Russian soldiers' cemetery in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, has set up new grave markers for the 98 men buried there. The soldiers were captured by Japan in the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War.

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