1915 ãîä áûë òÿæåëûì äëÿ Ðîññèè. Îáùåñòâî âîëíîâàëà ïîëèòè÷åñêàÿ ñèòóàöèÿ â ñòðàíå, îñîáåííî ðîëü Ãîñóäàðñòâåííîé äóìû. Îáùåñòâåííîñòü îòêëèêíóëàñü íà ïðè÷èíû ïîðàæåíèÿ ðóññêèõ àðìèé â Ãàëèöèè, íåõâàòêà ñíàðÿäîâ îæèâëåííî îáñóæäàëàñü â ïåðåïèñêå êîððåñïîíäåíòîâ. Ëþäè ðåçêî âûñêàçûâàëèñü î íåóñòðîåííîé ýêîíîìè÷åñêîé æèçíè â òûëó, î äîðîãîâèçíå ïðîäóêòîâ ïèòàíèÿ.

The year 1915 was hard for Russia. The society was anxious about the political situation in the country, especially about the role played by the State Duma. Public opinion bitterly responded to the army defeats in Galicia and the lack of heavy ammunition. People were critical of hazardous economic life in the rear and complained of expensive food prices.

Ïåðâàÿ ìèðîâàÿ âîéíà, áîåâûå äåéñòâèÿ, ðàáîòà â òûëó, ïåðåæèâàíèÿ ñîâðåìåííèêîâ, ïèñüìà ñîâðåìåííèêîâ, îòíîøåíèå ê âîéíå.

World War I, military actions, labor in the rear, compatriots’ emotions, letters by contemporaries, attitudes toward war.