Question

Why was the Russian army near collapse by 1916?

Answer 1

Russia was not industrialized, short on food, guns, ammunition, clothes, boots, and blankets, they could not get supplies from the Allies because the Germans controlled the Baltic Sea

Answer 2

I am pretty sure it was the end of world was 1 and they spent so much money and sacrificed a lot of troops during the war that it didn't allow them to use as much money to resupply and get new soldiers etc.