if anyone knows about the WWI and Russia please help!?

Question

How did the WWI (world war one) impact on Russia SOCIALY and POLITICALY?

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Answer 1

The war was a disaster for Russia, and discontent led to the Tsar's abdication in March of 1917(the February Revolution, because Russia was still on the Julian calender. A provisional government led by Alexander Kerensky was set up, which was aiming for a British style representative democracy. Their biggest problem was that while Russia was fed up with the war, they knew Russia was going to need massive foreign help to rebuild, and the Allies made it clear that Russia would get nothing unless they stayed in the war. So the war continued and Russian casualties kept mounting, leading to increasing discontent. The one political party that favored an immediate end to the war was able to brilliantly exploit this discontent and overthrow the provisional government in November; this was the October Revolution, and the party was the Bolshevik party, led by Lenin.

Answer 2

The massive costs, both monetary and casualties, of fighting in trench warfare fractured the country socially. Before the war there had been dissatisfaction with the Tsarist rule, which was becoming increasingly corrupt and decadent.

This directly led to the Communist revolution, which was long and bloody. When the revolution was over the Tsars entire line had been exterminated and the "people" had taken power. As history has shown, in fact it was a new form of dictatorship under the guise of being for the people. This Communist regime lasted for decades, only collapsing at the end of the Cold War.

Answer 3

It demoralized them as a society because the army was poorly equipped to fight the Germans (few weapons and food).

Politically speaking, it impacted them greatly. The Russians dumped their tsar (who was brutally executed with his family in 1918) in favor of a more radical government led by Vladimir Lenin. This would set the stage for almost 80 years of Soviet rule in Russia.