The average age of the six Russian members of the mission is 37.
The mission was highly impressed with the British officers who met them when they arrived since nearly all speak fluent Russian.
'Lieutenant-General Golikoff, Red Army veteran, fought in the 1918 civil' war and Rear-Admiral Kharlamov, Deputy Chief of the Red Naval Staff, has served in the Red Navy 19 "years. Colonel G. Pugatchev holds a staff position with the Russian alr force." Colonel Dragun, who fought in the civil war, Ig a. specialist in motorization and deputy chief of the Department of
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