HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Germany and Austria-Hungary vs Russia and Serbia
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Serbia and America vs Austria-Hungary and Russia
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Austria-Hungary and Serbia verse Russia and Germany
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In the Budapest Conventions of 1877, the two powers agreed that Russia would annex Bessarabia, and Austria-Hungary would observe a benevolent neutrality toward Russia in the pending war with the Turks. As compensation for this support, Russia agreed to Austria-Hungary’s control of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Detailed explanation-2: -Austria-Hungary made an alliance with Serbia to stop Russia gaining control of Serbia 1882 and to limit possible Russian influence in the Balkans. This alliance was formed to stop Italy from attacking Austria-Hungary in the event of war with Russia.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Bosnian Crisis of 1908 was a major international crisis involving the regions of Bosnia, the Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary, and the Russian Empire.
Detailed explanation-4: -Austria-Hungary regarded Serbia as the leading, and the worst, example of this. Austria-Hungary HATED Serbia. 1876 Serbia went to war with Turkey and conquered Bosnia, and area of the Balkans where many Serbs lived.
Detailed explanation-5: -During WWI, Serbs in Bosnia were often blamed for the outbreak of the war, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, and were subjected to persecution by the Austro-Hungarian authorities, including internment and looting of their businesses, by people who were instigated to ethnic violence.