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Russia discusses war
In 19, in the event of a war, it was decided they would start a major offensive -
The war begins
The war Began on august 17, 1914.
The russians launched a full scale offensive on Prussia -
Battle of tannenburg
Battle of tannenburg ends
Germans took 92,000 russian prisoners -
Battle of Masurian lakes
The battle of Mausurian Lakes ends
Russians loose another 100,000 soldiers
poor l;ogistics cprippled russians movement of supply, resulting in horrible failure -
Russia retreats out of prussia
The Russians retreat out of Russia after taking heavy losses
On december 14, the rissians had 6,553,000 troops, and only 4,652,000 rifles, sending untrianed tropps into battle with little supplies -
Russia suffers heavy losses
In, 1915, russia lost 2 million men, Lithuania,Kurland, belorussia -
Alexei Brusilov
Alexei Brusilov commander of the russian army in the southwest, was successful in ifghting the Austro-Hungarian army
captures 200,000 pprisoners
Gains 80 km Germany sends reinforcements, and slowly pushing Russian out, stopping the offensive in fall of 1916 and there were several deserters Moral hits rock bottom
in russia, especially among peasents and poverty stricken workers
they grew very hostile towards the imperial regime -
Russian revolution begins
this was lead by Vladimir lenin and the Bolsheviks
Bolshevics recruit 25,000 soldiers
When alexander Kerensky became superior commander of the russian army, his heart for the war made him very unpopular
He was unable to hold authority against the Bolsheviks 25,000 man army, which at this point controlled the army when Kerensky saw that the Bolsheviks were gaining power, he fled to france -
Vladimir Lenin, becomes leader, Russians leave the war
Vladimir Lenin becomes leader, of Russia
His first move was to take russia out of the war
Freed German prisoners to face other central powers
