Russia entered the first world war with the largest army in the world, standing at 1,400,000 soldiers; when fully mobilized the Russian army expanded to over 5,000,000 soldiers (though at the outset of war Russia could not arm all its soldiers, having a supply of 4.6 million rifles).
On October 26, 1917, the Soviet Government issued a decree of peace, insisting that all belligerent powers open immediate negotiations for a democratic peace without annexations, and guarantee the right of every nation to self-determination. The Entente refused to recognise the Soviet government, and continued the war. The Soviet government signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk on March 3, 1918, ending four years of aggression between Russia and Germany.
The losses Russia suffered in the world war were catastrophic. Between 900,000 and 2,500,000 Russians were killed. At least 1,500,000 Russians and possibly up to more than 5 million Russians were wounded. Nearly 4,000,000 Russian soldiers were held as POWs (Britain, France and Germany had 1.3 million POWs combined).
Economically Russia was devastated. 8,000,000,000 rubles in war debts were outstanding, strangling the national economy of its breath. Inflation soared; the gold reserves (then backing the currency) were nearly empty, revenues were exceedingly low while reconstruction costs were huge. Russia was on the verge of complete collapse.
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Czar Nicholas II
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Russia, Poland, Germany.
Great Britain, France, and Russia
Lenin
they were hungry
no they helped win it
Russia
Nope.
Russia wanted to protect the Slavic peoples of Serbia
The first country to pull out of World War I was Russia. In 1917, the Russian Revolution led to the overthrow of the Russian monarchy and the establishment of a communist government. The new government, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in March 1918, effectively withdrawing Russia from the war.
Russia did pull out of the war, in 1917. They suffered from a revolution, which overthrew the Tsar, and then a second revolution later in 1917 brought the communists to power. They would eventually take over and rule until 1991.
Russia
Tsar Nicholas ll
1914. But they left in 1917.
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