The July crisis of 1914. According to the materials of the new archival publications of the Russian Federation Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Abstract

   The article deals with the events of the July crisis, Nicolas the II’s actions, the leading diplomats’ measures to prevent the turn of the crisis into a full-scale war; the paper also discusses the reasons according to which a compromise proved to be impossible. A large number of the documents published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation allow us to restore and thoroughly analyze the actions of the Russian side, of the diplomats of Austria-Hungary, Germany and Serbia.