Talk:Great Retreat (Russia)
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Retreat from where?
editI would like to show a noticable mistake in the article. It says the retreat was from "Galicia and Poland", which is a large misunderstanding. Galicia was an Austro-Hungarian province since 1772, and before that year it had been a part of Commonwealth of Both Nations. In 1915, there was no Poland. There only existed so called Vistula Land, a Russian province. So, if we mean "Poland" as "Polish [pre-partitions] territories" Galicia was a Polish territory. As a result, to stay neutral, the article should say "retreat from Galicia and Vistula Land" or "retreat from Polish lands" or just "retreat eastwards". I think the last one would be the best solution. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.205.64.8 (talk) 23:50, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
Poland was not independent nation but the area was generally known as Poland. 75.106.25.98 (talk) 22:25, 6 February 2017 (UTC)
Infobox and lead don't make sense.
editThe lead says "the withdrawal itself was relatively well conducted". The infobox, has Russian strength at 1,200,000 and losses at 1,500,000 (500,000 killed, 1,000,000 capture). This doesn't make sense. Such massive losses are not "well conducted". It is also curious how 300,000 more troops were lost compared to the strength. Zianon (talk) 09:44, 5 December 2019 (UTC)