it wasnt a rural unindustrialised shithole

It was before

this was mianly due to the reforms of sergei witte and pyotr stolipyn

it was under the uSSR

But not once Stalin came to rule

due to industry being destroyed

under the civil war

it still had the 5th largest industrial base

You do realize Russia couldn't produce enough weapons for all it's armed forces in WW1

pre ww1

Well in terms of what happened in the Middle East President Trump sent a message: the days of appeasement are over. Target Americans, and you will be swiftly brought to justice.

omg ww1

@Unity.Nat dude, they had enough rifles. Just not enough ammunition. Remember, the industrialization was still ongoing (until probably the 1920s). The industrialization was unfocused on military and more on civilian things. However by 1916 a lot of logistical problems were still fixed. Plus the poor state of rails (which germans predicted would be fixed by 1917) helped with the problems

Civil war happend AFTER ww1

Or rather

Somewhere in ‘17

well it didnt really kick off until 1918

Revolution happened in 17

yeah

Like I said

in less than 15 years stalin basically completly industrialized the USSR

like 2 and a half 5 year plans

Yes

Thats VERY fast

Wouldn’t call that a shithole

Just in time for roll out the T-34s

Russia before ww1 was bad.

btw by 1914 40% of russian workers were employed in industry, which practically didnt exist (except for a few factories) before the 1880s

it was booming economically but still behind

mainly due to two great ministerw

sergei witte and pyotr stolipyn

Over the summer I read a lot of what Stalin wrote, especially regarding the Kulaks, etc

A booming economy yet the people wanted to overthrow the tzar. Makes sense

Kulaks deserved worse

Easy to see how he was popular, at least among certain people

@Unity.Nat because the tsar was unpopular, weak willed, and lost wars

and autocratic

plus the economy boombed, the peoples wages didnt icnrease

and they remained poor

which his own inner circle hated as well

iirc