ABSTRACT
The Russian soldier has been very much praised during the war. From the time of the reckless dash of the Russian Army into East Prussia in a true spirit of comradeship in order to save Paris, all hearts were open to the Russian soldier in the Entente countries. As a matter of fact, just as there was probably too much praise for the Russian soldier during the first three years of the war, so there has undoubtedly been too much blame in the past year. In the early days of the modern Russian army, soldiers actually had to be forced into the army. It was like the forcible recruiting of subjugated peoples in a conquered land. As a matter of fact the promotion of a soldier to the rank of corporal or sergeant always depended on his special devotedness to the reactionary aims of Russian Army and the cult of authority.
