Why did nicholas 2 enter world war 1?

Answer 1

The tsar (supposedly against the advice of his powerful advisor Rasputin) decided to fight against Germany and Austria because they declared war on Serbia, which had a treaty with Russia. Serbia and Russia shared a Slavic background. In any event, the war with Germany was disastrous for Russia and directly contributed to the end of the monarchy in the 1917 revolution.

Answer 2

Russia entered the war after Austria declared war against Serbia, because Russia had made itself the guardian of all Slavic and/or Eastern Orthodox peoples, particuraly the South-Slavs in the Balkans who had for centuries been under Muslim-Ottoman domination.

It began with the Boer War

Answer 3

Russians blamed him for the major losses of the war, extreme poverty of the country and the high inflation. He was placed under house arrest and he and his family were murdered by the Bolsheviks under Lenin.

Answer 4

It is an established fact that Nicholas II absolutely did not 'welcome' the advent of WW I. He did on the contrary everything he could to prevent war with Germany and tried to limit his mobilisation to counter only Austria's earlier war threats against Serbia. He well knew that Russia stood to gain very little from a war and he was very much aware of the risks Russia was running here, having been soundly beaten by the Japanese only a few years earlier.

But Russia considered itself the leader and protector of the Slavic peoples. So when Austria tried to overrun (Slavic) Serbia in retaliation after the murder of Crown Prince Franz Ferdinand, Nicholas felt bound to come to Serbia's aid. When Germany then issued an ultimatum to Russia to call off mobilization within 12 hours and Russia refused to do this, it was more or less forced into the war against Austria AND Germany.

Answer 5

to create a reason to take control of Russia's army