Question

Describe how the outbreak of World War I intensified discontent in Russia.

Answer 1

The onset of World War I exposed the weakness of Nicholas II’s government.

A show of national unity had accompanied Russia’s entrance into the war, with defense of the Slavic Serbs the main battle cry, but by 1915, the strain of the war began to cause popular unrest,

with high food prices and fuel shortages causing strikes in some cities.