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The Mobilization in West Siberia and in Steppes Territory // Tomsk State Pedagogical University Bulletin. 2006. Issue 1 (52). P. 37-41

World War I which broke out in summer of 1914 made the military and political leaders in the Government of Russia begin to mobilize the reserve army forces in the shortest possible time. On the territory of 4 provinces of West Siberia and the Steppe region, which were parts of Omsky military district, there started a large campaign organized by the military and civil local authorities on mobilization of reserve and recruit soldiers to the Russian army and navy. Due to it, hundreds of thousands of military men from Siberia joined Russian army forces fighting in the battles of World War I.