World War I and the Russian Revolutions World

World War I montage: the aftermath of shelling during the Battle of the Somme,

Italian poster from 1915 showing Wilhelm II biting into the world "The Pals. "

German High Seas Fleet, with a member of the Braunschweig class in the lead.

Frenchmen cheering at the outbreak of World War I, 1914 © Mary Evans Picture

Council of Four at the WWI Paris peace conference, May 27, 1919 (candid photo):

Territorial changes in Europe and the Near East after the First World War.

The Liberty of Russia, poster of the Constitutional Democratic Party, 1917. Party of the

Lenin addressing the second congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party in Brussels,

The Potemkin Mutiny, 1905; Marching in Moscow. Photograph of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia,

Grigorij Rasputin, ca 1915. The Romanovs: seated (left to right) Marie, Queen Alexandra, Czar

The 1917 Russian Revolution Lenin (1870 -1924); portrait by Alexander Gerasimov, 1930; State Historical

White propaganda poster, "For united Russia, “ 1919 Red propaganda poster, “Beat the Whites

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World War I and the Russian Revolutions

World War I montage: the aftermath of shelling during the Battle of the Somme, Albatros D. III fighters of Jagdstaffel 11, British Mark V tanks cross the Hindenburg Line, a British Vickers machine gun crew wears gas masks during the Battle of the Somme, HMS Irresistible sinks after hitting a mine in the Dardanelles (1915)

Italian poster from 1915 showing Wilhelm II biting into the world "The Pals. " 1918 propaganda postcard of Kaiser Wilhelm II kissing the Devil.

German High Seas Fleet, with a member of the Braunschweig class in the lead. Paul Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000 (1987).

Frenchmen cheering at the outbreak of World War I, 1914 © Mary Evans Picture Library/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Council of Four at the WWI Paris peace conference, May 27, 1919 (candid photo): Prime Minister David Lloyd George (Great Britian); Premier Vittorio Orlando, Italy; French Premier Georges Clemenceau; President Woodrow Wilson.

Territorial changes in Europe and the Near East after the First World War.

The Liberty of Russia, poster of the Constitutional Democratic Party, 1917. Party of the Socialist Revolutionaries, election poster, 1917. Flag of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party

Lenin addressing the second congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party in Brussels, 30 July 1903: Bolshevik/Menshevik split

The Potemkin Mutiny, 1905; Marching in Moscow. Photograph of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, ca 1909

Grigorij Rasputin, ca 1915. The Romanovs: seated (left to right) Marie, Queen Alexandra, Czar Nicholas II, Anastasia, Alexei (front), and standing (left to right), Olga and Tatiana.

The 1917 Russian Revolution Lenin (1870 -1924); portrait by Alexander Gerasimov, 1930; State Historical Museum "The peoples of the world do not want a repeat of the disasters of war" (J. Stalin). Cold War poster, 1952.

White propaganda poster, "For united Russia, “ 1919 Red propaganda poster, “Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge, ” by El Lissitzky, 1919

Territorial changes in Europe and the Near East after the First World War.