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(a) The Tsar took Russia into the war to further his imperialist ambitions of annexing Constantinople and the Straits of Dardanelles. But it was to prove disastrous for Russia she was ill-equipped to fight a modern war. The First World War cruelly exposed Russia) weakness. (b) Lenin's first act was to withdraw Russia from the First World War. The treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed with Germany allowed Russia to withdraw from the war, but in turn Russia had to pay I high indemnity and had to cede the Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia to Germany.
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