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A relatively new factor influencing Russian policy was the rise of Pan-Slavism, which emphasized Russia's responsibility to all Slavs, particularly those threatened by Austria-Hungary. This shift in focus redirected attention from the Ottoman Empire to the perceived threat posed by Austria-Hungary against Slavic peoples.
Pages in category "Russian military personnel of World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 911 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Russian railway network in 1912. Russia was one of the major belligerents in the First World War: from August 1914 to December 1917, it fought on the Entente's side against the Central Powers. At the beginning of the 20th century, the Russian Empire was a great power in terms of its vast territory, population, and agricultural resources.
Russian military personnel of World War I (8 C, 911 P) Russian World War I poets (3 P) S. World War I spies for the Russian Empire (2 P) W. Russian women in World War ...
Georgy Lvov – Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government (1917) Alexander Kerensky [3] – Minister of War (1917), Prime Minister of the Russian Provisional Government (1917) Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich [4] – Commander-in-Chief and Viceroy in the Caucasus; Ivan Goremykin – Prime Minister of Russia (1914–1916)
The Imperial Russian Air Service (Russian (pre-reform): Императорскій военно-воздушный флотъ, romanized: Imperatorskiy voyenno-vozdushnyy flot", lit. 'Emperor's Military Air Fleet') was an air force founded in 1912 for Imperial Russia . [ 1 ]
The Russian military was the largest in the world consisting of 1,400,000 men. They could also mobilize up to 5 million men, but only had 4.6 million rifles to give them. Russian troops were satisfactorily supplied at the beginning of the war, there was more light artillery than France, and no less than Germany. [52] [53]
This article lists Imperial Russian Army formations and units in 1914 prior to the mobilisation for the Russian invasion of Prussia and the offensive into the Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia. The prewar chain of command was: military district , corps (or Army corps ), then to division , brigade , regiment , and then the regiment's battalions .