HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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United States
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France
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Britain
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Russia
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Detailed explanation-1: -The United Kingdom is the only country of the Big Four which is not a member state of the European Union, having ended its membership in 2020, pursuant to a referendum held in 2016.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Four Big European Countries are: France, Germany, Italy, and United Kingdom as defined by the OECD (http://www.oecd.org/document/29/0, 3746, en 2649 34349 35725597 1 1 1 1, 00.html).
Detailed explanation-3: -Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Great Britain, the four powers that were chiefly instrumental in the overthrow of Napoleon, had concluded a special alliance among themselves with the Treaty of Chaumont, on March 9, 1814, a month before Napoleon’s first abdication.
Detailed explanation-4: -Representatives of Austria, France, Portugal, Prussia, Russia, Sweden-Norway, and Britain signed the Final Act. Spain did not sign, but ratified the outcome in 1817.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Big Four are the four largest professional services networks in the world: Deloitte, Ernst & Young (EY), KPMG, and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).