HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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They fought with the Allied Powers (Great Britain and France) and stayed in the war until the end
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They fought with the Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary)
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They fought with the Allied powers (Great Britain and France) but left the war early due to a civil war.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why was Russia’s involvement in the war so important to the allies? This forced the Germans to fight a two-front war, making them have to divide their troops. What were some of the conditions that soldiers on the front lines had to face?
Detailed explanation-2: -Russia reluctantly entered the Great War to preserve its status as a great power. However, once the fighting began, it was the first amongst the Allies to state its territorial desiderata, which were to annex lands along the borders of Germany and Austria-Hungary.
Detailed explanation-3: -Why Russia’s involvement in the war was so important to the Allies? Russia’s army managed to tie up hundreds of German troops in the east, so Germany could not hurl its full fighting force at the west.
Detailed explanation-4: -The major Allied powers in World War I were Great Britain (and the British Empire), France, and the Russian Empire, formally linked by the Treaty of London of September 5, 1914.