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Balkan Chaos. World War I: Russian Revolution, the Decline of the Ottoman Empire, and Change in the Balkans.

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1 World War I: Russian Revolution, the Decline of the Ottoman Empire, and Change in the Balkans

2 Balkan Chaos

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4 Russian Revolution Unhappiness with the war among the Russian people
Germany/Austria beating Russians Changes in government Lenin transported Mensheviks (moderates) victorious Bolshevik counter revolution Russia withdraws from war Germany ready to have a single front war

5 Wider Involvement Ottomans entered war in 1915 on side of the Central Powers Wanted to acquire Russian territory Turkey slaughtered millions of Armenians to get their land Britain wanted to protect trade routes to India Arabs promised their own country if they would join with Britain against the Ottomans


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