Would it have been possible to avoid Russia's entry into the war, and why exactly did Germany start it? Why was Russia left without an army by the end of the war and who was to blame for this? Was the First World War a Patriotic War and what role did it play in the Fate of Russia ?It is these and many other questions that we will try to answer in our book. Therefore, we will not analyze military operations in detail, but will trace how their successes and failures affected the life of our country. We will try, to the best of our ability, to understand such complex issues , how the philosophical, social and economic aspects of the war and how this very war was prepared in the light of all these aspects in Germany. And, of course, talk about those people who gave their lives for our country. They gave not because they were ordered to give them, but because they could not do otherwise. About two million of our compatriots laid down their lives on the battlefields of the First World War. Neither gas attacks, nor the multiple superiority of the enemy, nor the lack of ammunition could break the Russian soldier. In the most difficult conditions, he performed heroic feats and once again saved Europe, fighting in the most critical areas. And this book is a call to remember and honor their Blessed Memory...