Wars
First World War
Still ongoing in 1917
Show on the timeline- Period on the timeline
- 1914–1918 · shown to 1917
Russia entered the world war in 1914 on the side of the Entente. This timeline shows only the period through the end of the monarchy and the events of 1917: Russia's final withdrawal from the war was formalised by Soviet Russia in March 1918. The wider war ended in November 1918.
- Period
- 1914–1917
- Belligerents
- Russia and its Entente allies — Germany, Austria-Hungary and their allies
- Outcome
- There was no final outcome within 1917; the monarchy fell during the war
- Settlement
- Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, 3 March 1918 — beyond the main timeline, concluded by Soviet Russia
- Full dates of the war
- 1914–1918
- Timeline boundary
- 1917; this does not mark the end of the war