130: Russia: From the Great War to Revolution with Deputy Provost Kat Brown
History That Doesn't Suck
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The Russian Army's War on Germany
In 1915, 25% of Russian soldiers did not have enough military equipment as in firepower to go up against the Germans and the Austrians. The rule in the Russian military is peasants can't be officers. And so at first the Russians are committed to this war as a people. But because of that lack of industrialization, it starts falling apart really quickly.
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