Why Did Lenin Accept the Defeat of the Russian Army

question 33

Multiple Choice

Why did Lenin accept the defeat of the Russian army and a peace treaty with Germany in 1917 that ceded a huge amount of land?

• A) He envisioned a German-Russian counter-offensive against the Entente powers.
• B) He felt his priority was to defend the socialist revolution in Russia.
• C) He became sympathetic to the German monarchy's war aims.
• D) He anticipated an imminent socialist revolution in Germany.

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