This is a Russian military field post card sent in 1915 from Митава / Mitava (now Jelgava, Latvia) to Вильна / Vilna (now Vilnius). The arrival postmark is the Russian main field post-office in Вильна/Vilna. ПОЛЕВ. ГЛАВН. ПОЧТ. КОНТ. /Polev. glavn. pocht. kont. is literally "Field main post counter". This post office seemed to be operated in Vilnius from 1914 to 1915 until the German took the city during WWI. There are plenty of documents and literature available in English about WWI German military post but very few about the Russians. I wish I knew more about it.
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