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=== Russia ===
=== Russia ===
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As the United States was entering the war on the side of the Allies, Russia was having the [[Communist Revolution]] which would later cause it to withdraw from the side of the Allies and leave the war altogether.
As the United States was entering the war on the side of the Allies, Russia was having the [[Communist Revolution]] which would later cause it to withdraw from the side of the Allies and leave the war altogether. The Communist Revolution was in turn caused by lack of Russian success against German forces and hyperinflation caused by unsustainable military spending by the Russian government.
The losses and hardship of the war had weakened Russian [[Czar Nicholas II]]. He abdicated the throne in March 1917 in favor of a provisional government, which intended to continue fighting in the war. But in November 1917, [[Vladimir Ilyich Lenin]], the leader of the [[Communist Party]], overthrew the government. The Communists executed every member of the Czar's family.
The losses and hardship of the war had weakened Russian [[Czar Nicholas II]]. He abdicated the throne in March 1917 in favor of a provisional government, which intended to continue fighting in the war. But in November 1917, [[Vladimir Ilyich Lenin]], the leader of the [[Communist Party]], overthrew the government. The Communists executed every member of the Czar's family.