The First World War was an international disaster for most countries but wasn’t as significant to Russia like some of the other international. The Russian government had its own problems during the First World War, big problems like the Russo Japanese war, great Russian revolution as well aside from the Russia’s government deciding to entering the First World War. The First World War made the other problems even worse.
Before Russia’s entry in WWI, Russia fought Japan in the Russo-Japanese war. The Russo-Japanese War started in 8 Feb. 1904 and the cause of the war was because the Japanese empire had disagreements over who should get the parts of Manchuria and Korea. This dispute led to the war.The total amount of casualties …show more content…
Russia entered the First World War on August 1 1914, with more than 5,971,000 men. The reason Russia entered The First World War was “Russia was drawn into WW1 by the same missteps and follies that plagued her neighboring European countries, imperialist competition, noxious nationalism, military arrogance, and not enough trust in diplomacy and reliance on alliances.” Said by (https://communismforthewin.weebly.com/why-did-russia-enter-the-war.html). Russia stayed in the First World War till 16th December, 1917. During the war Russia had about 15 million Russians, 1.8 million of the 15 million Russians were killed about 2.8 million people injured and 2.5 million were taken prisoner. In total about 7.8 million Russians survived the war no. Most of the Russians who were forced to enter were the farmers. The russian farmers ran from the battle because they had no gun, or anything to protect themselves with. The First World War made the food value higher because most of the lack of food. This made the wagers of work more so they could afford food and other necessities for example cloths and housework etc. This caused them to revolt against the Russian