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Or a break, looks like it's blocking the back wheel if he push it ?
You might be right, these links suggest the bike were electric
https://centerlinerule.blogspot.com/2018/12/old-time-bikes-of-russian-military.html
https://picryl.com/media/sur-le-transsiberien-0e1b2a
But why would it need the big front wheel then?
This was standard bike design back then, all the cool officers have big front wheel