 However, the "Honorary Russian Legion" () of the 1st Moroccan Division continued to maintain a Russian presence in the west and, indeed in the First World War itself, until the Armistice of 11 November 1918.In December 1915 the French politician, Paul Doumer while on a visit to Russia, proposed that 300,000 Russian troops be sent to fight in France in exchange for French munitions.While the Russian High Command showed little enthusiasm for this proposal, Tsar Nicholas II supported it.