Russia fully mobilized its army on the afternoon of 31st July 1914. Who ordered this measure?
Correct answer: D. Tsar Nicholas II
- A. Alexander Krivoshein
- B. Alexander Kerenski
- C. Grigory Rasputin
- D. Tsar Nicholas II
Explanation
Tsar Nicholas II authorised Russia’s general mobilisation in the July Crisis, a step that accelerated the outbreak of the First World War. Kerensky belonged to the later 1917 revolutionary period, and Rasputin held no such constitutional authority.
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