Political Aspects of the Mood of Russian Officers between 1914 and 1917

What is it about?

The article deals with the evolution of military officers’ political moods during the First World War. Democratization of the officer corps was a result of mass mobilization in war time, which united different classes and social groups. Among the main factors politicizing the military officers were the course of the war and the growing crisis in Russia. The most typical perception models, which determined the oppositional political views of the officers in 1916–1917, have been analyzed.

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