ABSTRACT
The ethnography of Russia was virtually a Chinese puzzle to the majority; and a good many Englishmen are now probably for the first time making themselves acquainted with Ukrainians, Lithuanians and other races and nationalities of Russia. Russian. At the time of the outbreak of war there was hardly a single spiritual barrier left to an alliance with Russia. The United States, which had remained somewhat sceptical of this theory that Russia for the sake of her spiritual perfection needed the blessing of Tsardom, waited until the Revolution made it possible for her to join Russia and Russia's Allies. The Revolution was in fact a day of great anxiety and bitter disappointment to the whitewashers. It has been the holiest and the highest hope of several generations of Russians. The tragedy of Russia is that the war not only definitely destroyed the Monarchy, but undermined the economic foundations of the State.
