The Brusilov breakthrough was the only battle of the First World War named after the commander, and the last major victory of the Russian Empire. The Russian army was the first to find a way out of the “positional impasse”, managing to break through the enemy’s defenses on a wide front, destroying two and defeating three Austro-German armies. Russia's allies were able to repeat this feat only two years later, using tanks and numerous aircraft, and possessing an overwhelming superiority in artillery - none of which General Brusilov's troops had in 1916. Comparable in the scope of military operations with the “Verdun Meat Grinder” and the Battle of the Somme, but immeasurably surpassing them in the scale of success, the Brusilov breakthrough will mark a strategic turning point in the course of the Great War in favor of the Entente. But the Russian army was no longer destined to benefit from the fruits of this victory... A new book by the leading Russian specialist on the history of the First World War is the best to date, the most complete and competent study of the Brusilov breakthrough, an in-depth analysis of one of the greatest triumphs of Russian weapons.