Russia and World War 1

Inspired by Patriotism and an emotional religious fervor, its people instead of fleeing welcomed the threat with rejoices. In their eyes Russia was undefeatable having the largest and strongest army in the world.

As the war commenced the conditions within Russia worsened, refugees were flooding into the country, the wounded soldiers refused going back, and the peasants refused against their sons being taken away from the fields. The feeling in Russia became as much anti-war as anti-German. A three-day anti-German riot broke out in Moscow with the news of the fall of Warsaw, this posed quite a problem for the Czar, as his wife Alexandra was a German duchess.

On the fronts there were even more problems, soon after the first battles shocking reports about the incompetence of the sani...