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Russia's involvement in the First World War (1914–1918) was a catastrophe that destroyed the Tsarist system. Military defeats, economic collapse, food shortages, and the Tsar's disastrous personal decisions combined to make revolution inevitable. This lesson covers Russia's war experience and its consequences for the AQA GCSE History specification.
Russia entered the First World War in August 1914 in support of its ally Serbia, after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia and Germany declared war on Russia.
However, enthusiasm quickly faded as the scale of the disaster became apparent.
The Russian army suffered a series of catastrophic defeats.
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