Russian Legion

Russian Legion
Active13 December 1917 – 11 November 1918
Allegiance Russian Republic
TypeExpeditionary Force
Size4 battalions
EngagementsWorld War I
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Colonel Georgy Semyonovich Gotua

The Honorary Russian Legion (French: Légion d’Honneur Russe) was a battalion size group of Russians from the Russian Expeditionary Force in France who continued fighting for the Allied cause in the First World War after the Bolshevik Revolution.

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