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Yet, the Russian bloodbath served the Allied cause.
俄國的浴血奮戰還是對同盟國有幫助的
Had the Russians not tied down massive amounts of German troops on the eastern front,
如果俄軍沒有在東線牽制住大批德國軍隊的話
the Germans might otherwise have defeated the British and French before the Americans could have made any difference.
那么在美國參戰前德軍就很有可能會擊敗英法聯軍
Predictably the Russians at home became more and more disgusted with the war.
可以想象，在國內，俄國人對戰爭越來越感到厭惡了
As with the Russo-Japanese War, ten years earlier,
跟十年前的俄日戰爭一樣
the wars victims were precisely who made the biggest direct contribution to the economy, young male peasants and young male factory workers.
戰爭的受害者都是直接對經濟做出最大貢獻的人——年輕的農民和工人
In Autumn 1915, Nicholas the Second took personal control, even if only nominally of the Russian forces.
1915年秋天，尼古拉二世親自控制了俄國軍隊，盡管只是名義上的
But all this meant was chaos back in Petrograd and Moscow.
但是在彼得格勒和莫斯科還是一團糟
Whether Alexandra herself was appointing and dismissing the constant stream of ministers or whether it was Rasputin or nobody in particular,
不管是不是亞歷山德拉本人在委任和遣散大臣還是拉斯普廷還是什么別的人
the Russian government crumbled into bits while the Tsar was away playing solider.
俄國政府亂作一團，而沙皇本人則在前線扮演士兵的角色
Food production suffered from the shortage of able bodied males.
糧食生產因為缺乏勞動力而減產
Even peasants in the fields went hungry.
所有在田間勞作的農民都忍受著饑餓
The railroad system suffered from bad management which complicated transport and also consumer goods.
鐵路系統的管理非常混亂，讓交通運輸和消費品變得非常復雜，
In the cities, wages could not keep up with the sky rocketing costs of living.
在城市里，工資無法跟得上天價的生活開支
The political parties continues to bicker accomplishing nothing.
各政治派別還是持續爭執，雖然并沒有任何收獲
