Russia during World War One (1914 - 1917) - How Russia Fought on the Eastern Front of WW1

What about Russia during the First World War. In the Great War Russia fought on the side on the Entente against the Central Powers. Why was Russia so ineffective during WW1? Russia lost during the Battle of Tannenberg; was victorious in the Batte of Galicia; was pushed back after the German Gorlice-Tarnów Offensive; pulled back in the Great Retreat; struck back during the Brusilov Offensive and - after the February Revolution - undertook one last offensive: the Kerensky Offensive (June Offensive). Learn more about Russia during WW1.
History Hustle presents: Russia during World War One (1914 - 1917) - How Russia Fought on the Eastern Front of WW1.
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- Russia in Flames. War, Revolution, Civil War 1914 - 1921 (Laura Engelstein).
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[@HistoryHustle]

Check out the playlist of REVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYuQaHaBmqeAns0

[@jasonleetaiwan]

Russia actually lost the most troops in WW1 out of all the Allied powers, but I've never seen a movie about it. It's always about the British, French or the US fighting Germany.

[@chaoscriminal]

“and quiet flows the don” ww1 movie of russians during ww1 fighting on the eastern front

[@tbone450r]

Dang they lost the most in WWII also

[@HistoryOfRevolutions]

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn once wrote: "If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?"

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply!

[@BracaPhoto]

That's in Archipelago?

[@ottoskorzeny8701]

"You must understand, the leading Bolsheviks who took over Russia were not Russians. They hated Russians. They hated Christians. Driven by ethnic hatred they tortured and slaughtered millions of Russians without a shred of human remorse. It cannot be overstated. Bolshevism committed the greatest human slaughter of all time. The fact that most of the world is ignorant and uncaring about this enormous crime is proof that the global media is in the hands of the perpetrators." Alexander Solzhenitsyn

[@thaumiel8233]

@@ottoskorzeny8701 that's why most of Russians hate Solzhenitsyn and other liars

[@yojimbo3856]

@@thaumiel8233 I don't think he lied

[@davidraper5798]

A good introduction to a much overlooked part of the 1st World War but one of considerable importance for the outcome of two World Wars.

[@HistoryHustle]

Glad you found it interesting.

[@xidada666]

Overlooked? Hardly...

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

Russia in WWI: 3 million deaths, loses war. USSR in WWII: 23 million deaths, wins war.

[@HistoryHustle]

That's where it came down too.

[@Adam.G.Trapper]

LOL, you know nothing about the history if you´d visit Leningrad or Kaluga regions (Muscovy heartland) you ´d never guess that you are visiting a country which won the war ...

[@jangrosek4334]

I think the real losses to Russia are less than 3 million, because 3 million are based on Soviet data showing signs of fabrication. And this is a fairly common opinion.

[@jangrosek4334]

@Fabian Kirchgessner Well. There really is a lot of manipulation, such as writing down 400-500K of deserters in 1917 as killed, re-writing the same numbers. After such discoveries, I do not believe in the huge numbers of Russian PMA losses. You can also remember how these same people considered the military losses of the USSR in WWII and underestimated them by a couple of million. Reliable people.

[@user-do7xs2mj1b]

In WW2 USSR lose 11.5 military (4 millions Soviet was POW which die in german death camps, in Soviet camps was 3.1 millions german POW and die from them only 380 th.) and more than 16 millions civilian which was murder by germans

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

Out of interest, considering that you are a teacher. Aren't you busy enough to make all these great videos? So do you like make them way in advance? I am just amazed how you can get out so fast. I am loving it History Hustle! Keep the videos coming!

[@stepanovtakiov9311]

I like them 2. I think he should produce them a bit quicker though. Like 1 video per 2 days or something like that.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks LE! @RiA: producing videos is a time consuming proces, each video takes me 10 to 20 hours to make. This I combine with a 0,8 (1,0 = fulltime) teaching job.

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

@@stepanovtakiov9311 That's my point. Videos like these take HOURS AND HOURS. I doubt he could do that.

[@luxembourgishempire2826]

@@HistoryHustle Yeah but like you do film them way in the future? So you shoot a video in early January for it to be released in March? 🙂 Just as an example.

[@stepanovtakiov9311]

@@luxembourgishempire2826 True.

[@willbliss349]

Hello, from Virginia, USA you doing a great job ,never stop history is very important,what we don't know we could repeat. sad to say I think we are going in that direction but history teachers like you may save the world...

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks!

[@tsar389]

The Brusilov Offensive of 1917 was the Russian equivalent of the German 1918 Spring attack, captured large swathes of Land but petered out within weeks

[@HistoryHustle]

Interesting comparison.

[@queenterraofarchrist344]

Hello father. Your doing well for a dead man

[@tsar389]

@@queenterraofarchrist344 thank you

[@burlingtonpark4136]

Thank you for this video. The footage is extrordinary and the contextual details connecting battle narrative is very helpful.

[@HistoryHustle]

Glad you found it interesting. Cheers.

[@iamnoone5614]

Wow! Very informative and put together with great clips! Amazing! Thanks for uploading!!!

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for watching.

[@johnvanstone5336]

Another excellent video Stefan, learnt a lot here, not usual covered by other history channels so thank you for this🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿✌️

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you, John!

[@3gkevh53]

🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@frontsightblade]

Well done. Excellent content

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you, Brian!

[@shanemize3775]

A very detailed and fascinating look at a very often overlooked part of the WWI story. Very well done! Please keep the outstanding videos coming and God bless you, my friend!

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks, Shane!

[@randalllake2785]

Keep doing these. Fascinating

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@mammuchan8923]

Outstanding video History Hustle. I love all the Russian stories and this is an excellent overview of Russia during WWI. The footage was great, I haven’t seen any of it before. This goes straight into my Top 10 HH videos🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@HistoryHustle]

That's great to read. Many thanks!!

[@mohamedadelabughrara1185]

I love your videos very informative. Keep up the good work

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks!

[@mikehydropneumatic2583]

The hustle is great. last two videos showed me info that I wasn't aware of. That is a good hustle.

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks, Mike!

[@JohnnoDordrecht]

Goodevening sir , on this snowy night you are welcome with this nice video

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks. Here in Utrecht still no snow but not for long...

[@ppalchinsky8301]

Nice overview of the battles. Would also like to hear about the pre-war preparations, like the Russian strategic planning dilemma between Germany and A-H, strategic railroad expansion into Western Poland paid for by the French, artillery vs fortification debate, and the Great Program, which was to make Russia ready for offensive war by 1917 had the war not started in 1914. Many plans, little time!

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply! Perhaps something for the future. I do cover some of it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJDLYWageb2oe9k

[@danielhammersley2869]

Excellent synopsis of the Ostkrieg in WW1! Alles goede, Professor!

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you, Daniel.

[@danielhammersley2869]

@@HistoryHustle , Your very welcome. Very few this side of the pond cover even a smidgen of what you did in this video, sadly.

[@HistoryHustle]

Glad you liked it 👍

[@bobsantos274]

Great straightforward presentation. The forgotten front for most in WW1

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for watching.

[@Artur_M.]

Excellent video, as expected. Thanks in particular for monitoring the destruction of Kalisz. It's a bit of a forgotten event, even in Poland, although it was immortalized in the novel "Noce i dnie" (Nights and Days) by Maria Dąbrowska, which also had a movie adaptation. It certainly made all the following German attempts to present themselves to the Poles under Russian rule as liberators seem very insincere.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for replying again. Yes, Kalisz is somewhat of a forgotten episode. Hope to travel to the place one day to cover the specific event on location.

[@shouryajitbhattacharya2900]

It's very good that u got coloured footage

[@HistoryHustle]

Great addition:)

[@BHuang92]

Germany won the Eastern Front but lost the Western Front in WW1 Germany won the Western Front but lost the Eastern Front in WW2 Oh the irony........

[@HistoryHustle]

Different war different chances.

[@dusankaranovic8472]

Heroic Serbian army in the World War I needs to be looked up.

[@HistoryHustle]

Perhaps in the future somewhere. This week I'll talk more about the Imperial Russian Army.

[@charlescrowell3346]

I have a1917 mosin nagant made in america by remington. The reds wouldn't pay so they sold them as surplus In the 20's.

[@HistoryHustle]

Interesting!

[@charlescrowell3346]

@@HistoryHustle I had a Russian rifle in whicita, it was the only one I could any thing with. The remington is better built. I've got the full kit, bayonet and a 50 shot bandolier. The story goes, remington,.westinghouse, and general electric contracted for a million rifles, then the reds took over and reniged on the deal. The US government bought the rifles so the companies wouldn't go bankrupt and so they sold them as surplus around the world and in the US.

[@iainthepict55]

Another great video Stefan thanks,made me Interesred in something from WW1,usually im only interested in WW2 stuff,although i should pay more attention as i have a great uncle buried in a British war cemetary somewhere in Belguim who died fighting the Germans in WW1.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for your reply!

[@keithstarkweather3284]

Thanks buddy

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@grandadlovestheo2387]

U have a great way of explaining history. Do u have something on the winter war Finland and Russian 👍🇬🇧

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks and I do cover it briefly here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqfGXoeAh8aBgrs

[@robertdoorenbosch6655]

Very interesting, there is little known about the eastern front in world war 1.

[@HistoryHustle]

My thoughts exactly. Glad you found it interesting!

[@eleanorkett1129]

Bravo for a great job in covering the Eastern Front, Russian Revolution and subsequent coup. You brilliantly covered so much succinctly and clearly.

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks. Soon more on this topic!

[@danielgreen3715]

Cheers Dave i do like your Videos your Students should be very Grateful to have someone like you to teach them about the past it was thanks to a History Teacher when I was a young Child who gave me a lifelong interest in the past cheers

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you, Daniel!

[@gibraltersteamboatco888]

Kudos. BZ

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks 👌

[@jonny46ba]

great videos and great content.. love this channel, and I love your accent.. every time I watch one I join in with you when you say...shubshcribe and hit der nottificasshun bell!

[@HistoryHustle]

Many thanks for your enthusiast words!

[@JarodFarrant]

Russia’s government state, and their performance in The Great War reminds me of a important lesson from Charles Darwin,” the species that is the strongest is the one most adaptable to change”

[@xvsj5833]

💙💛💚💜your channel and research ✌️

[@HistoryHustle]

👌👌👌

[@theangrylizard1990]

I'd love to see a video about what the fighting was really like on the Eastern Front in WWI. We already know the Western Front was an unremitting horror of trenches, attrition, gas, and pointless charges that fed men to the machineguns. Apparently it was different out east,, with more open space and more maneuvering.

[@HistoryHustle]

In case you're interesting, here is a coverage of the Battle of Novogeorgievsk in WW1: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXrUkKeqf56ksMU And Tannenberg (1914): kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmelaaN_mpx2odk

[@RaisedbyaWildPackofCigarettes]

Thank you. After "War & Peace" I need to know exactly why such a huge place is so fragile.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thank you for watching!

[@maciejniedzielski7496]

Épique vidéo

[@HistoryHustle]

👌

[@stepanovtakiov9311]

Overall we did poorly. We made up for it in 1945 though.

[@HistoryHustle]

How do people in Russia today look at WW1? Is it taught in schools or not that much?

[@Loreless]

@@HistoryHustle It's not a lot of lessons about ww1 just a general information. I taught more about eastern front of ww1 when have read Sholokhov's 'And Quiet Flows the Don'.

[@Adam.G.Trapper]

No did not , USSR was a maxis utopia , for your flag you´d be killed straight forward, + you know nothing about the history if you´d visit Leningrad or Kaluga regions (Muscovy heartland) you ´d never guess that you are visiting a country which won the war ...

[@HistoryHustle]

@Ivan: thanks for sharing.

[@user-do7xs2mj1b]

@@HistoryHustle shame. It was time of degradation of army and nation. 80% of population couldn't read and write. Doesn't matter what anyone says bad about Bolsheviks, there did for Russian progress more than last 5 Romanovs for last 100 years.

[@ArnoutVI]

Hi Stefan, Maybe you can help me. For my godchild i'm looking for books about the Eastern front during WW 1, Do you have any good ideas ? He's 13 and Belgian so the book should be in Dutch. I know plenty of books about the Eastern Front in WW2 but none during WW1 (i only have books about the western front during the Great War). thanks

[@HistoryHustle]

There is a photobook of WW1 named "De Eerste Wereldoorlog" by JHJ Andriessen. It's about the whole of WW1. Dunno Dutch books for 13 year olds about the Eastern Front of WW1 alone.

[@ArnoutVI]

@@HistoryHustle Thanks that could be a good birthday present. may be i even order it for myself.

[@caslinden1373]

Mooie pet man. Ik heb dezelfde 😁👍

[@HistoryHustle]

Mooi, Cas!

[@ArjenDijksman]

Great explanation, again, about events that took place far from my home. I like.

[@HistoryHustle]

Great! Glad you found it interesting.

[@jamesbodnarchuk3322]

My grandparents immigrated to Canada from Ukraine in 1917

[@weirdshibainu]

Good they got out. The following decades weren't great in the Ukraine

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing James, I think their timing was very good, since Ukraine saw much misery in the years after.

[@jamesbodnarchuk3322]

Before & after!

[@jasonharryphotog]

one in three with no weapons should be referred to as VERY forward unarmed reserves

[@HistoryHustle]

Indeed, the situation was bad.

[@user-ce3jb6nq7i]

JUST SUBSCRIBED. Can you please make a video about the baltic ss soldiers please.

[@HistoryHustle]

Next Saturday.

[@junebelcourt-suhaka1434]

Hello! I have a question: My grandfather Sergej was born in the year 1888 in a village southeast of Minsk, Belarus. He hastily escaped from Belarus in the spring of 1914 (he was apparently in some sort of trouble with the government) and arrived on Ellis Island on May 30, 1914. Somehow he was able to get from Belarus to Hamburg, Germany without getting caught, and then somehow managed to illegally board the famous ship Kaiserin Auguste Victoria and thereon made it to the Port New York where he was promptly arrested. After being detained and interrogated on Ellis Island for a week, for some unknown reason he was released and legally allowed to enter and stay as a permanent resident of the United States. My question is this: What sort of trouble with the government would my grandfather have been in because he left several weeks before anyone would have known World War I was coming? Possible clues are that he had lifelong sympathies with communism, even serving as a secretary for the International Workers Order in the New York area. Another possible clue is the family rumor that for some extraordinary reason grandpa didn’t want to serve in the Russian military. But again, he left Belarus even before Archduke Ferdinand assassinated, so why would military service have been so distasteful to him that he would leave wife and little son behind in the dead of night? I’m imagine there was a cluster of other young Belarusian men who similarly left their homeland at the same time. The question is WHY?

[@HistoryHustle]

Hi June, it's a very specific question you ask. You gave some clues. I know that the Russian government cracked down on revolutionaires but why he all of a sudden left his family behind is something I cannot answer.

[@daveanderson3805]

At long last I found out how a russian general came by a german name (Rennenkampf)

[@HistoryHustle]

👌

[@anonimousanonimous7472]

Not Soviet sounding, Russian sounding name Petrograd. Grad in Russian means city. Where as before it was St. PETERSBURG. Burg in German means city.

[@HistoryHustle]

Did I say Soviet sounding? In that case I stand corrected.

[@VHOS-db1td]

Mey we have the blessing of the Saints family of Nikolaus Romanof!☦️🇬🇷🇷🇺

[@HistoryHustle]

Yeah it didn't end well for the Romanovs.

[@VHOS-db1td]

@@HistoryHustle The imperial Romanof family could be saved if the King George V of England(who was a cousin of Nikolaus Romanof) gave them diplomatic asylum!

[@HistoryHustle]

More on his death here kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYa3kn57q7proqc

[@queenterraofarchrist344]

@@HistoryHustle nyet I used my telekintic superpowers to escape the assassin's!

[@ibuprofen17]

did you know that Deutschland did not want Austria to declare war, but Austria thought they could do whatever they want

[@HistoryHustle]

That's where it came down to. Germany had given Austria-Hungary a so-called carte blanche.

[@ibuprofen17]

@@HistoryHustle i know but it was so austria could do whatever they wanted but not war and austria thought that germany wanted the war. germany did not want a war with serbia because it knew that russia would intervene and france.

[@millitariahistoria7321]

I like

[@HistoryHustle]

👍

[@raphlvlogs271]

when did the Russian empire started declining?

[@HistoryHustle]

Good question, think most agree towards the end of the 19th century.

[@Jarod-te2bi]

Canadian military vid would be cool.

[@HistoryHustle]

Soon I will talk about Groningen 1945.

[@CalebNorthNorman]

👍

[@HistoryHustle]

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[@jakeusaf9401]

This is the stuff that should be on the history channel like in the 90s. None of this modern crap.

[@HistoryHustle]

Please explain.

[@jakeusaf9401]

@@HistoryHustle in the 90’s the history channel used to have documentaries about history on the history channel.

[@user-do7xs2mj1b]

Doesn't matter what anyone says bad about Bolsheviks, there did for Russian progress more than last 5 Romanovs for last 100 years.

[@HistoryHustle]

I see. More on them in the future.

[@seanpraxiscanda9930]

At this point all the Sacrifice Russian had made in ww1. I would rather forgot all their sacrifice and would rather disrespect their graves

[@user-xg7iz4ok5z]

Like Lenin said “ Kerensky was an idiot “!

[@HistoryHustle]

I can imagine he said that.

[@matsteadyy1053]

Britain,France,Italy,Serbia and Russia vs Germany,Austria-Hungary and Romania

[@HistoryHustle]

Romania was on the side of the Allieds / Entente.

[@MathiasMovies]

Russia in WW1 is always interesting!

[@HistoryHustle]

Indeed 👍

[@Adrian-ju7cm]

They didn't have enough rifles and had to share weapons.

[@HistoryHustle]

That's where it came down too. It was portrayed in WW2 also, but I believe it was a myth.

[@Adrian-ju7cm]

@@HistoryHustle thanks I felt the with that recent movie Enemy At The Gate of course can't compare with movies

[@HistoryHustle]

Yes indeed

[@Adrian-ju7cm]

@@HistoryHustlewe say" no worries"

[@hqlife5128]

Russia had a tremendous advantage in manpower but in practice didn't even have enough rifles or artillery to equip them all. The ratio of firepower to manpower was significantly lower than that of German or A-H divisions. Thus in terms of firepower or military capability, a Russian Army of 100,000 men could not be asked to tackle, defeat or defend against much more than a German Corp of maybe 40,000 or 50,000. It's really no wonder, and also in a way tremendously sad both for me and for the soldiers to learn that not only were they valued as less than a German soldier, they were often used as simply cannon fodder. You almost expect to have high casualties fighting superior firepower divisions. As such generals and military staff expected high casualties in battle which of course makes their planning very callous and indifferent to human losses.

[@HistoryHustle]

Actually Russia didn't have that much tremendous advantage in manpower. I talk about that in this video in case you're interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWGze2Vti6Z5n8U

[@tubarao1143]

So much suffering in WW1 for Russia followed for more suffering after the war. Lovely country!

[@HistoryHustle]

Yes, this was 'only' the beginning.

[@bloxwagon]

German when start respawning zombie russia but still lost

[@HistoryHustle]

?

[@bloxwagon]

@@HistoryHustle you know the german in ww1 They were using a strange gas that bring back the dead Called it attack of the dead men It may siund fake but it actually true

[@fantin2116]

Thanks you russia im from turkei

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for watching.

[@raphlvlogs271]

So Russia passively lost the war.

[@HistoryHustle]

In a way yes.

[@laurieberry162]

My grandad was in the Russian army during World War One. He had no choice. He was drafted. He almost got killed, but his fellow Russian soldiers saved his life by shooting three German soldiers because they wanted him to survive. After the war was over, he learned how to drive. He came to Ellis Island soon after the war, I believe. He was happy. He became pro American.

[@HistoryHustle]

Thanks for sharing. Did you ever meet him, your grandfather? What else can you tell us about his experiences? How did he reflect on the war? Would be really interesting if you could share more.

[@kittycatwithinternetaccess2356]

Imagine what would happen if the imperial soldiers fought like their red army successors?

[@HistoryHustle]

We'll never know.

[@Michaelscott10]

What is this guy's accent?

[@HistoryHustle]

Dutch.

[@user-ti5rz4cn4b]

Princip wasnt Serbian nationalist, he was Jugoslaven's socialist

[@HistoryHustle]

Ok.

[@Adam.G.Trapper]

Germany´d create Belarusian, Ukrainian , Jewish, Tatar, Caucasian legions from POWs from the day 1.

[@HistoryHustle]

Think this was WW2. Except for the Jewish. More on that here in case you're interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/inbLiWynbNynsNE kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3akgax_rMp6psk

[@Adam.G.Trapper]

@@HistoryHustle G. did it for Finns during WW1 , which was a mistake , they ´d create arm Belarusian, Ukrainian, Tatar, Chuvash, Yakut, etc. arm forces as well

[@jangrosek4334]

@@HistoryHustle Also haven't heard of this. The Russian army had a limit on the conscription of Jews, Muslims, Caucasians. On the contrary, Russians made legions of POW Czechs, Yugoslavs, Romanians. And after February 1917, they began to create separate units from Poles, Ukrainians, Armenians, Georgians, Azeris in order to slow down the collapse of the army.

[@coling3957]

seems wherever the German army went, atrocities soon followed...

[@HistoryHustle]

Both Kalisz and Louvain were in 1914. Later this didn't occur. Look at the photograph when they entered Warsaw in 1916.

[@coling3957]

@Fabian Kirchgessner in the East they could act as "liberating" Poland, Ukraine, etc from the Russian Empire. the treatment of the people in the West, in Belgium and northern France was such that when in 1940 the Germans returned for another go, hundreds of thousands of civilians took to the roads and fled, risking death as the Luftwaffe deliberately targeted them the panzer drove over them. German military brutality was not invented by the nazis. it was in the German military all along.

[@coling3957]

@Fabian Kirchgessner i can't help but notice all of these events took place as Germany was invading their neighbours.. where people would be expected to try and defend their homes and loved ones from invaders.. the HUN gained quite the reputation.. if you want to line up atrocities committed by the Allies compared to the Germans across all wars from 19th century to 1945, i think we will see quite a disparity.

[@JDDC-tq7qm]

Russia could've won WW1 if there was a better leader Tsar Nicholas II wasn't the right one nonetheless Russia took their revenge 20+ years later and it was arguably the sweetest revenge in history Berlin 🇷🇺

[@HistoryHustle]

That revenge in Berlin wasnt for WW1 for sure..

[@JDDC-tq7qm]

@@HistoryHustle however one could argue because of what happened in WW1 Germany defeating the Russian Empire in a way Soviets kinda revenge their losses in WW1

[@onareichertmd8026]

Really nice 👌 😍💋 💝💖❤️

[@HistoryHustle]

thank you

[@lightinggameozo2402]

Why All ww1 videos are moustly talking about Germans on the Eastern front but give a verry little atention to Austrians who fought the Russians moustly and talking about them as Non effective and geting Carried by Germans 🙄

[@HistoryHustle]

More on that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pp6rY36uq5mlbcU

[@lightinggameozo2402]

@@HistoryHustle good one Hoewer there was also fighting in 1915,1916,1917 . This was like half part of entire campain .🤪😋

[@weirdshibainu]

If the germans weren't fighting a 2 front war, sounds like they could have taken Russia....better luck next time. Lol

[@HistoryHustle]

Nah, next time wasn't so great...

[@weirdshibainu]

@@HistoryHustle That's why I noted it as "LOL"

[@HistoryHustle]

I know.

[@stephenbrand5661]

In 2021 Russia has a smaller, less diversified economy than Texas so you can imagine how things were in 1914.

[@HistoryHustle]

Wow, can't imagine.

[@jangrosek4334]

I suspect that everything was different 1913: 1 dollar = 2 rubles 2021: 1 dollar = 74 rubles

[@stephenbrand5661]

@@jangrosek4334 True but think about this. In 1939, when the Soviets invaded the eastern part of Poland, there were stories about Red Army soldier falling off bicycles, eating tooth paste, and wearing multiple wrist watches. Poland had been part of the Russian Empire just 20 years prior but those two decades of independence made a huge difference. In 1945 Red Army soldiers were reportedly amazed by the fact that nearly all German households had indoor plumbing.

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@@stephenbrand5661 It is no secret how the Revolution, the Civil War and Stalin strongly threw the USSR back in development for decades. For example, you can compare the clothes of Russian workers and peasants in the photo in the 1900s and similar Soviet photos in the 30-60s. In the 80s, the standard of living in the European part of the USSR was probably worse than in socialist Romania and Bulgaria.