History of the First World War: Maxim Oskin

The assessment of the significance of the First World War of 1914-1918 is still far from unambiguous: on the one hand, this war dramatically changed the situation around the world and determined the entire further course of history, up to the present day. On the other hand, at least in our country, this war soon turned into a great “forgotten” war. It turned out to be the last war of imperial Russia and became one of the reasons for the fall of the Romanov dynasty. Fighting, domestic policy, aggravation of social contradictions, the life of people in the village and the city – all these are the stories of war. Significant attention in the book is paid to the preparation of revolutionary events in 1917 in Russia and Moscow during the war and the revolution. A new study by the historian M.V. Oskina poses a number of most important questions for readers. Was this war necessary? Could our country do without it? For what reason was a huge amount of miscalculations and errors made? Why the Great War ended for Russia so …

Author
Oskin Maxim Viktorovich
Editor
Semenov Konstantin Konstantinovich
Publisher
Veche, 2014
Series
Persian tales

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