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    Russia entered World War 1 as an ally of Serbia after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Russia fought on the Eastern Front against Germany and Austria-Hungary, preventing them from attacking France. While Russia had early defeats, they went on to have successes against Austria-Hungary and later Germany. However, years of war severely damaged Russia's economy and led to widespread unrest and revolution in 1917. The new Bolshevik government took Russia out of the war by signing a separate peace treaty with Germany. Russia ultimately suffered tremendously from the war with over 2.6 million dead.

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    Russia entered World War 1 as an ally of Serbia after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Russia fought on the Eastern Front against Germany and Austria-Hungary, preventing them from attacking France. While Russia had early defeats, they went on to have successes against Austria-Hungary and later Germany. However, years of war severely damaged Russia's economy and led to widespread unrest and revolution in 1917. The new Bolshevik government took Russia out of the war by signing a separate peace treaty with Germany. Russia ultimately suffered tremendously from the war with over 2.6 million dead.

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    Russia entered World War 1 as an ally of Serbia after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Russia fought on the Eastern Front against Germany and Austria-Hungary, preventing them from attacking France. While Russia had early defeats, they went on to have successes against Austria-Hungary and later Germany. However, years of war severely damaged Russia's economy and led to widespread unrest and revolution in 1917. The new Bolshevik government took Russia out of the war by signing a separate peace treaty with Germany. Russia ultimately suffered tremendously from the war with over 2.6 million dead.

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    Role of Russia in WW1

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    Russia entered World War 1 as an ally of Serbia after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Russia fought on the Eastern Front against Germany and Austria-Hungary, preventing them from attacking France. While Russia had early defeats, they went on to have successes against Austria-Hungary and later Germany. However, years of war severely damaged Russia's economy and led to widespread unrest and revolution in 1917. The new Bolshevik government took Russia out of the war by signing a separate peace treaty with Germany. Russia ultimately suffered tremendously from the war with over 2.6 million dead.

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    Russia entered World War 1 as an ally of Serbia and fought on the Eastern Front against Germany and Austria-Hungary. While it had early defeats, it was able to regroup and launch successful offensives. However, two years of war devastated Russia's economy and led to revolution and its withdrawal from the war via the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

    Russia's involvement became a major distraction for Germany, preventing it from achieving victory on the Western Front. This allowed Russia's allies to regroup and stopped Germany from occupying more of France.

    By 1916, two years of war had decimated Russia's economy and triggered widespread problems. Bread riots broke out in Petrograd leading to revolution. The Bolsheviks took power and fulfilled their promise to withdraw Russia from the war via a separate peace treaty with the Central Powers.

    Role of Russia in WW1

    Introduction: Russia entered the war as an ally of Serbia, after the declaration
    of war on that nation by the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Germany. Russia
    primarily occupied German forces on the Eastern Front until the Russian
    Revolution overthrew the Tsar and the new revolutionary government signed a
    ruinous peace treaty and ended hostilities, freeing a large number of troops for
    the Western Front.
    Background: When the Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot dead in
    Sarajevo in June 1914, it triggered a wave of threats, ultimatums and troop
    mobilisations. By August, Serbia (Russias Balkan ally) had been invaded by
    Austria-Hungary and Russia had declared war in response, prompting the
    German kaiser to declare war on Russia.
    Russia fought WWI together with its Entente allies France and the UK. On the
    opposing side were the Central Powers Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman
    Empire and Bulgaria.
    Russia was an asset to the Triple Entente because in 1914, it had the largest
    army in the world. Entering the war served a specific purpose in Russia
    domestically: it doused anti-government sentiment which had peaked with a
    general strike in St Petersburg in July 1914.
    Russia on the Eastern Front:
    1. Russias involvement became a major distraction for the German Empire,
    preventing it from achieving a successful blitzkrieg on the Western front
    and occupying France.
    2. Its war effort began poorly with a defeat at the Battle of Tannenberg
    (August 1914) against Germany. Reason: army not equipped properly,
    poor leadership from generals.
    3. Russian offensives against the weaker Austro-Hungarians were more
    successful, allowing them to push across the Carpathians and into Galicia
    (now in Ukraine) in 1915. But advances by the Central Powers and a
    shortage of artillery shells in May 1915 forced Russia to withdraw (the
    Great Retreat). BUT pushing back Russia exhausted the Germans. This
    allowed Russian forces to regroup.
    4. The Russians followed it up with the Brusilov Offensive in Galicia, in JuneSeptember 1916. This was Russias greatest success during WWI.

    5. The Russians also conducted successful operations against the Ottoman


    Empire throughout 1916, taking control of some strategic cities. The
    Tsarist armies' achievements on the battlefield effectively inspired
    Romania to join the war on the side of the Entente.
    Impact of participation in WW1 in Russia
    1. While Russia entered the war for similar reasons to her European
    neighbours (imperial rivalry, poisonous nationalism), she did not do so on
    an equal footing. Russias economy was still developing and reliant on
    foreign investment; her industrial sector was incapable of competing with
    the powerhouse German economy.
    2. In September 1915 the tsar took command of the army, a move that
    associated him with future defeats and losses.
    3. By 1916, two years of war had decimated the Russian economy:
    a. triggered downturns in agrarian production
    b. problems in the transportation network
    c. currency inflation and food
    d. fuel shortages in the cities.
    4. Bread riots broke out in Petrograd and led to the revolution that brought
    down the Romanovs.
    The Bolsheviks swept to power and fulfilled their campaign promise to take
    Russia out of the war, signing a peace treaty with the Central Powers. According
    to the 1918 treaty, the new government cancelled all Imperial Russias
    commitments to its allies.
    With that, Russias role in WW1 ended although, ultimately, it paid the greatest
    price among the members of the Entente: 1.6 million dead soldiers, 1 million
    dead civilians.

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