Why did Russia withdraw from the war in 1917 (or around there!) ?

Answer 1

In order to set up the new government under Lenin and the bolsheviks. They did not have the resources to fight a war and to establish a new government at the same time.

Answer 2

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In 1914 the Russia Empire included Poland, Finland and large parts of Transcaucasia. The majority of the 166 million population were Slavs but as well as Jews and Turks there were dozens of other nationalities. Several of these groups wanted regional autonomy and this was the cause of a constant source of political conflict.

Tsar Nicholas II ruled the Russian Empire as an absolute monarch. However, following the loss of the war with Japan in 1905, serious disturbances took place in St. Petersburg and Nicholas was persuaded to accept a reduction in his power. In March, 1905, he announced plans to form a Russian Parliament called the State Duma. As this was only a consultative body, many Russians felt that this reform did not go far enough and over the next few years the country remained unstable.

The Russian government considered Germany to be the main threat to its territory. This was reinforced by Germany's decision to form the Triple Alliance. Under the terms of this military alliance, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy agreed to support each other if attacked by either France or Russia. In 1907 Russia joined Britain and France to form the Triple Entente.

Industrial unrest in Russia continued throughout this period and in 1912 hundreds of striking miners were massacred at the Lena goldfields. During the first six months of 1914, almost half of the total industrial workforce in Russia took part in strikes.

In 1914 the Russian Army was the largest army in the world. However, Russia's poor roads and railways made the effective deployment of these soldiers difficult.

The Russian Army Air Service (RAAS) was established in 1912 and two years later owned 360 aircraft and 16 airships. This made the RAAS the largest airforce in the world.

In 1914 the Russian Navy had 4 battleships, 10 cruisers, 21 destroyers, 11 submarines and 50 torpedo boats.

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Answer 3

German intelligence saw that a revolution was going on in Russia and contacted Lenin and his Bolsheviks that should they take control of the Russian government, the Germans would halt hostilities against them. As it was mutually beneficial for both parties, Lenin managed this and Russia withdrew. This would leave quite the bitter taste in the mouth of the Allies whom would remember this during WW2 at the Potsdam Conference and beyond; especially when the Soviet Union declared war on Japan two weeks before the atomic bombings and subsequent surrender. There, General Douglas MacArthur saw the attitude the Soviets (read= Stalin) were taking with regarding splitting and occupying Germany (they wouldn't withdraw as agreed) and told them to take a hike in regards to splitting Japan.

Answer 4

The Russian withdrawal from the Allied Forces throughout international conflict i grew to become into disastrous for the Allies as a results of dissolution of the jap front. German squaddies that had fought/could combat on the jap front battling Russia, could now be transferred to the Western front, attacking the Triple Entente (England, France, and earlier Russia). There could now be extra battles, and the conflict could be prolonged, alongside with extra British and French casualties, and financial standards.

Answer 5

Well, it happened that the czar Nicholas II was deposed and a republic replaced the monarchy. In a few days, the bolsheviks, under Lenin's orders, deposed the provisional government and created the comunist government.
Lenin was too busy at that moment trying to consolidate his government and had no interest in the war, which was a thing between the monarchies. Therefore Lenin made peace to dedicate his time to the situation at home

Answer 6

Nobody seems to want to answer the question. The Russian army started out as huge but totally under-equipped. By 1917 it had been beaten in one battle after another, one reason for the Russian revolution was that Tsar Nicholas had assumed supreme command of the army, but was as incapable of sorting it out as anyone else. Russia ended up as hopelessly vulnerable to German and Austrian military might and the Bolsheviks had to sign the treaty of Brest-Litovsk on 3rd March 1918 to prevent German troops taking Petrograd (St Petersburg)

Answer 7

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. That's your answer. They signed it with the axis/central powers, i.e., Germany and Austria-Hungary, etc. They ceded western parts of russia in return for an exit from WWI. Lenin, et al. did this so they could concentrate on building their empire that sought to establish communism not only in Russia but throughout the rest of the world.

Answer 8

Alexander Kerensky had led the Bolsheviks to power under this auspices of V.I. Lenin. They stopped all funding for military, the military revolted and walked away. Basically it is as simple as that. Russia had no reason to be there except of a silly alliance with Britain. Czar Nicholas was a great nephew of Queen Elizabeth, but Kaiser Wilhelm was prime nephew of Prince Albert.

Answer 9

She had to face civil war at home.