Country reasoning

Context

Russia entered the war in 1914 as part of the Allied coalition but withdrew following the Russian Revolution. Internal unrest, military losses, and political collapse culminated in the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk in 1918.

Rationale used for numbers used on the war statistics page

Measure	Selected value	Selected source
Civilian deaths (direct, war-related)	410,000	wikipedia-ww1 World War I casualties
Civilian deaths (indirect, war effects)	730,000	wikipedia-ww1 World War I casualties
Population (baseline)	175,100,000	ww1-source-book The World War One Source Book

What sources report

Civilian deaths (direct, war-related)

CWVMP uses: 410,000 from wikipedia-ww1

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
wikipedia-ww1 World War I casualties 2026 medium	410,000	—	— Source link (accessed 2026-02-01)

Civilian deaths (indirect, war effects)

CWVMP uses: 730,000 from wikipedia-ww1

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
wikipedia-ww1 World War I casualties 2026 medium	730,000	—	— Source link (accessed 2026-02-01)

Military deaths

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	1,800,000	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

Mobilized / served

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	12,000,000	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

Population (baseline)

CWVMP uses: 175,100,000 from ww1-source-book

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	167,000,000	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum
ww1-source-book The World War One Source Book Philip J. Haythornthwaite • Arms and Armour, London • 1993 medium	175,100,000	—	—
wikipedia-ww1 World War I casualties 2026 medium	175,100,000	—	— Source link (accessed 2026-02-01)

POW

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	3,910,000	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

Wounded

Source	Value	Scope / notes	Citation
ellis_cox_1993 The World War I Databook John Ellis; Michael Cox • Aurum Press • 1993 medium	4,950,000	—	Ellis, John & Cox, Michael. The World War I Databook. London: Aurum

Editorial principles in selecting the figures to use

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Discussion of discrepancies

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Russia — WW1