Through the course of World War 1 leadership of Russia changed. Nicholas II was incharge until 1917 when he abdicated. Then the Provisional Government took charge, but they were more Provisional than expected. Once they had been overthrown later 1917 by Lenin and the Bolsheviks, Lenin got Russia out of the War.
Vladimir I. Lenin was transported from Switzerland to Russia in order to put him in a position to stir up unrest and opposition to the war or even to create a revolution to change the government that would end Russia's hostilities with Germany in World War I.
World War 1 left Russia's economy in complete devastation. By the end of the war Russia had 8,000,000,000 rubles of debt.
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Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union after World War II. While allies of Britain and the United States during the war, this was mainly because all considered Hitler to be their enemy. Directly, after the war, Britain and the United States ended their relationship with Stalin.
Vladimir Lenin was the Russian revolutionary leader at the end of World War 1.
During World War II, the world was divided between the Allied and the Axis powers. The Allied Powers consisted primarily of the United States, Great Britain, and Russia. The Axis Powers consisted primarily of Germany, Italy, and Japan. The national leader of the United States for the majority of the War was President Franklin D. Roosevelt. At the end of the war the nation was lead by President Harry Truman. Great Britain's Prime Minister during the war was Winston Churchill. Russia's leader was Joseph Stalin. The leader of Germany during the majority of World War II was Adolph Hitler. At the end, for the fall of Germany their leader was Admiral Karl Dönitz. Italy's leader was Benito Mussolini. Japan's leader was Hirohito also known as Emperor Shōwa. The major allied military leader during World War II was General Dwight David Eisenhower.
The USSR (Russia).
Russia was taken out of World War One by Lenin and his agreement with Germany to end Russia's participation in the war. The assassination of Czar Nicholas II and his family had nothing to do with Russia's end as a player in WW 1.
At the end of World War II, Russia brought down the 'Iron Curtain' (1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991) in an effort to separate Russia and its satellite countries from open contact with the West.
Lenin agreed to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk to end Russia's involvement in World War 1.
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