The progress.
Peter the Great's chief goal while ruling Russia was modernization.
The westernization of Russia was its modernization and improvements in technology, politics, and military, originally demonstrated by the Europeans (who were west of Russia - hence the name 'westernization').
The Holocaust.
The Russian government because they were more traditionalists rather than conformists.
Russia in 1914 suffered from a lack of modernization. Their standing army had fallen behind those of other European powers and lacked cohesion and training.
centrifugal force
began the process of modernization after a long period of isolationism
Toward Germany. East of Russia.
I think that what pushed the us toward the supporting of the triple entente and not the triple alliance was the how it help each other that should. They had been attacked by the other countries and that was considered a great power to the US.
both were eventually granted freedom when pushed towards it.
at the begining Nazis attack russia, when they did not expect, however 1942-1945 russia owned nazi and pushed them from stlingrad all the way to Berlin there they took care of this bitches
Peter the first (or sometimes called the great) had to do with social modernization and modernizing Russian clothing, styles, and military.