The Russians Were Ready for the Great Power War in 1914

The russians had been working very hard to reform and overhaul their military in the wake of the ruso japanese war. In the seven or eight years leading up to 19 14, they had been out spending germany on their military. They had reor ize their active duty troops and their reserve armies. And when they marched out to war, they could be confident that they would command numerically superior forces on every front.