In 1917 The Russian Empire became weak because of what prior event? a.

World War One

b. Industrialization

c. The death of Stalin

d. The death of Lenin

Mismanagement of civilian affairs by generals at the front and by the government in the rear seriously exacerbated the economic and social upheavals associated with total war. The result was a year of revolution in 1917 that destroyed the monarchy, unchanged the empire, and led to a new communist state

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