Reason for war declarations with Germany on Russia ww1

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Celeste Lin

13 October, 21:09

Reason for war declarations with Germany on Russia ww1

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Kristopher Klein · Answer 1

The Serbian Expansion and Russian role in the Balkans.

Combined with the increase in Russian military strength, both Austria and Germany felt threatened by Serbian expansion; when Austria invaded Serbia on 28 July 1914, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Sazonov viewed it as an Austro-German conspiracy to end Russian influence in the Balkans.

On 30 July, Russia declared general mobilization in support of Serbia; on 1 August, Germany declared war on Russia, followed by Austria-Hungary on 6th.