About the book: 2017 / This book is a collection of memoirs of sisters of mercy. These women saved thousands of lives during the Crimean, Russian-Japanese and First World Wars. The notes of the sisters of mercy tell the best story about the heroic work of the Russian Red Cross Society during military operations and epidemics. You will learn about the lives of the sisters of mercy themselves, about the problems that worried them, about their characters and destinies.