108 years ago - on August 1, 1914 - Germany, an ally of Austria-Hungary, declared war on Russia.
The Russian Empire entered the First World War on the side of Serbia.
The First World War led to the collapse of four empires and provoked the flowering of nationalism, destroying the common European civilization.
That's how the decline of Europe began.
See archival footage of the First World War. Then, dozens of countries and more than 70 million people were involved in a devastating war.
Who benefits from playing the Balkan card again?
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August 1, 2020 - commemorates Russian soldiers who died in the First World War, 1914-1918.
▫️This war was the first military conflict on a global scale. It involved 38 of the then 59 independent states. The war was fought in Europe, Asia and Africa.
▫️10 million soldiers and 12 million civilians were killed during the war.
◽️ On June 29, 1919 Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended World War I.
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