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The Impact of Military Defeats

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Russian Military Defeats in WW1

Russia's economy was destroyed by World War 1, like most nations involved in 'total war'. However, Russia was the only nation where living conditions and morale fell so low that a revolution succeeded (in 1917).

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Russian military defeats in WW1

  • Tsar Nicholas II led the Russian army in the war.
  • However, the Russian army didn't have much success.
  • In 1914, after leading a disastrous battle, General Alexander Samsonov shot himself in shame in August 1914 after leading 150,000 Russian troops to defeat in Willenberg (now in Poland).
  • By 1917, Russia had lost almost all of Latvia, Poland, and Lithuania to the German Army.

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