As Europe plunged into the First World War, turmoil was unfolding within Russia thanks to rebellion among its citizens. NAYANTARA CHANDRASEKHAR tells you more.
Russia’s withdrawal from World War I gave Germany a significant advantage against the Allied powers until the United States intervened. But within Russia, far more turmoil ensued towards the third year of the war and in 1917, the citizens rebelled.The Russian army was hardly an army at all. It com