No October Revolution - consequences for World War 1?

What would the consequences have been for WW1 if the October Revolution had been unsuccessful? Would Russia had continued fighting until the end and in what way would that have changed the peace settlement?
 
It's a murky subject.

There's unlikely to be a 'last hurrah' of the Germans in the west, but it's also worth considering just how close to death Russia already was. The Germans sure can't conquer to the Ural, but can the Russians fight on after Kiev and Petrograd have fallen? I have my doubts, so we'd be stuck with a larger ongoing guerilla-like war with the Germans advancing (with losses) as far as their logistics take them, and the various peoples of Russia rising up (esp. in the Caucasus on the back of Turkish advances, even if these advances are only a thin veneer on the actual nationalist movements).

At some point, either the Germans crack in the west or the Russians come to the table anyway, hoping they can just cancel the treaty once Germany loses (and thinking that'll hurt less than Germans taking Moscow, or Kazan, or Volgograd, too).
 
It's a murky subject.

There's unlikely to be a 'last hurrah' of the Germans in the west, but it's also worth considering just how close to death Russia already was. The Germans sure can't conquer to the Ural, but can the Russians fight on after Kiev and Petrograd have fallen? I have my doubts, so we'd be stuck with a larger ongoing guerilla-like war with the Germans advancing (with losses) as far as their logistics take them, and the various peoples of Russia rising up (esp. in the Caucasus on the back of Turkish advances, even if these advances are only a thin veneer on the actual nationalist movements).

At some point, either the Germans crack in the west or the Russians come to the table anyway, hoping they can just cancel the treaty once Germany loses (and thinking that'll hurt less than Germans taking Moscow, or Kazan, or Volgograd, too).

I assume that at least the Armenians would prefer the Russians to the Turks, considering the Armenian genocide.
 
Might actually be a minor boon to the German's in the west; without Russia dropping out, they aren't going to hurl all their seasoned veterans into the sturmtruppen meatgrinder, leading to the total collapse of their lines in the counteroffensive.
 
Might actually be a minor boon to the German's in the west; without Russia dropping out, they aren't going to hurl all their seasoned veterans into the sturmtruppen meatgrinder, leading to the total collapse of their lines in the counteroffensive.
Maybe, but that just means that the Entente actually get to put troops on German soil.
 
In the longer run it means a clearer German defeat in 1918 with long term political effects. Short term it could also mean a earlier armistice, in the summer or even late spring of 1918.
 
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