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The State Bank of the Russian Empire had to print 1.5 billion rubles in the first months of the conflict, and by December 1915, the ruble had already lost 20% of its value. [55] Russia had to borrow from its allies: in October 1915, it received 500 million rubles from the French and 3 billion from the British.
Russia relied heavily on the French alliance, as Germany would face greater challenges in a two-front war compared to a conflict with Russia alone. French ambassador Maurice Paléologue harbored deep antipathy toward Germany and believed that when war broke out, France and Russia had to be staunch allies against Germany.
The Eastern Front, as it was in 1914, with the long-occupied territories of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the top centre.. 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.
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That was the year that the French Army chief of staff visited Russia and asked the Russian high command to plan for an immediate offensive if war with Germany broke out to help prevent them from capturing Paris. This was also in accordance with Russia's 1892 promise to attack Germany if France was invaded in order to open a second front.
The Northern Front (Russian: Северный фронт) was an army group [a] of the Imperial Russian Army during the World War I.It was responsible for carrying out operations against the Central Powers along a front line that stretched 280 kilometers, from Riga in the north down to northern Belarus.
The Western Front (Russian: Западный фронт) was an army group in the armed forces of the Russian Empire during the First World War.It was established in August 1915 when the Northwestern Front was split into the Northern Front and Western Front, and was disbanded in 1918.
The Northwestern Front (Russian: Се́веро-За́падный фронт) was an army group of the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War.It was established in August 1914 and existed for one year prior to being divided into the Northern Front and Western Front.