Despite the fact that Russia was a major force in WWI, we hardly ever mention Russia's activities in WWI. However, Russia's activities set the stage for a lot of the rest of the 20th century. Millions of Russian soldiers died fighting Germany and Austria-Hungary, which made the Russian people so upset that they started a revolution So many Russians were hurt in WWI that Russian people rose up, under Lenin, and had a communist revolution, which led to the rise of the Soviet Union, and eventually the cold war, along with everything else that happened between the United States and Soviet Union. This means that Russia's involvement in WWI, along with many other things that happened in WWI, was directly responsible for a lot of modern politics and geography.
Russia's involvement in WWI also probably allowed Britain, France, and the United States to eventually win the war, even though Russia had stopped fighting before the war ended. Russia was able to fight Germany for a while in the war, and without Russia, Germany would have probably had enough soldiers to win WWI long before America joined the war.
As such, we should pay more attention to Russia's role in WWI, as it was very important.
This is a really interesting analysis! I agree that Russia's involvement in WWI was significant in both the war and Russia itself and yet is largely ignored in school. I'm curious if this is because of the conflicts Russia and US have had, or if there is simply not much to talk about.
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