Battle of Tannenberg 1914 - Russia suffered one of the biggest losses of the war, leaving them with no option but to retreat This would be the last war fought outside of Russian soil Russia was the least industrialized of the great nations leaving many soldiers to go to battle without equipment
They feared Russia would pull out of the war Because it would weaken the war effort against Germany
Because it would weaken the war effort against Germany
Because it would weaken the war effort against Germany
The Germans assisted Lenin in returning to Russia because they believed that his presence would create chaos and weaken the Russian war effort during World War I.
because it would weaken the war effort against Germany (apex)
The Russian Revolution weakened the Allied war effort. Russia pulled out of the war, so the Allies needed help.
The Great Patriotic War was the term that Stalin popularized for the Russian involvement in World War Two, in an effort to rally the Russian populance around his leadership (i.e. to fight for the survival of Mother Russia from the Evil Nazis). It does not have anything to do with WW1 or the Russian Civil War.
Russia pulled out of the war, so the Allies needed help. The Russian Revolution weakened the Allied war effort.
Subversion.
Vladimir Lenin was sent back to Russia by the German government in April 1917 in the hopes that he would disrupt the Russian war effort or even cause a revolution to get Russia out of the war.
The Russian Revolution and World War I were linked as "effect" and "partial cause". The exhausting war-effort brought added stress to the already tense national situation in Russia. When the Communists made their move for power in 1917, the war-exhaustion contributed to their success.
Lenin was provided passage to return to Russia in 1917 by the German government, who saw him as a disruptive force that could weaken Russia's war effort during World War I.