What role did Russia have in World War I?

Answer 1

Just the same as all the other countries. To fight the war. It was on the Allied side, and did terribly. Its troops didn't have enough guns, equipment or food; and it was poorly led. The citizens had to give their food to the army, which still wasn't enough. Very early in WW1 Russia invaded Germany, but the German army pushed the Russian forces back, and then fighting happened in Russia. Russia pulled out of the war in 1917. Russia was getting paid to fight in the war and as the country was out of money , they had to keep on fighting , this upset alot of people and soon riots and strikes broke out all over the country. But when Lenin gained power he pulled them out of the war , but he had to make a sacrifice . The Germans wanted part of the Russia teritory and Lenin gave it to them.

Answer 2

In World War 1 the russian faught bravely to protect thier Motherland! Though they were greatly out-numbered, they mannaged to fight back the German/Nazi forces and eventualy, the German troops left Russia. * Wrong war. The Nazi were in World War 2.

Answer 3

Russia was an ally of the western powers (the good guys)until the war ended then things changed. Joseph Stalin wanted to control all of Germany. To do this he put up what was know as the Berin blockade (Russia Occupied all the land around Berlin) trying to force the USA and it's allies to give in and give him control of Berin. The allies developed what was called the Berin air lift, they flew supplies, food, fuel,medical,clothing and everything else that Berlin needed, into Berlin on an around the clock basis until Stalin opened the corridor. This was the beginning of the cold war that lasted into modern times. I believe it was President Reagan that was in office when the cold war ended. Until about 1941 i think, the USSR as it was known then was actually allied with the Nazis until it was attacked without warning by the Nazis under Hitler's dreams of a world without communists and vast living space for Germany. During WW2 Russia by far made the biggest sacrifice, it had no choice, the Nazis were fighting a war of extermination, believing the communists to be sub human they would not stop till they were all dead or captured. The USSR lost around 20 million people (about the current population of Tokyo), this was mainly because the USSR was the most incompetent fighting force ever, it is estimated that of 90% of USSR soldiers who died didnt even have a gun. The whole time they relied on the fact that they could just overwhelme the Nazis and eventually just grind them down. During the war the USSR delivered the largest blow to the Nazis, at the beginning they lost many men in Josef Stalin's 'not a step back' policy, then they turned the tide at Stalingrad and begun the long bloody push back to Berlin. Although most of the credit of winning the war goes to the USA and Britain, they did little compared to the USSR and this can be ssen by the fact that the Nazis had about three times as many men fighting the USSR then America and Britain on the Western Front.

Answer 4

because it was in an alliance with Serbia, which was fighting with Austria who was backed by Germany and Italy, but like austria russia was also backed by an entente (understanding less than an alliance) of France and Britain

Answer 5

Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary following the latter's invasion of Serbia. Due to the system of alliances in place, this effectively put all the major European powers in a state of war.

Answer 6

Russia's role in World War 1 was to protect Serbia. Another reason was because she was of the Triple Entente along with France and Britain she had to support them in the war.