Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Grand Duke Nicholas akanga achitungamirira mauto ose eRussia airwisana neGermany, Austria-Hungary, neTurkey. Akasarudza kuti nhamburiko yavo huru yaifanira kuva muPoland, iyo yakasundira kuGermany sechinhu chinobuda, chakakomberedzwa neGermany East Prussia kuchamhembe, uye Austria-Hungary Galicia kumaodzanyemba. Akaronga kutanga kutarisira mativi uye pavakanga vakachengeteka kuti vapinde muGermany Silesia. Kuchamhembe kuronga kusina kunaka kwemauto maviri okuRussia akanga achipinda kwakaguma nenjodzi yeTannenberg. Kumaodzanyemba vakakunda chikamu chikuru cheGalicia. Kufamba kwavo kwakatevera vakananga kuSilesia kwakadziviswa ne
Hondo yeRwizi rweVistula uye Hondo ye Łódź. Mukuru Mukuru wacho akasarudza uye akasarudza kubva muzvirongwa zvakasiyana-siyana zvaipiwa nemachinda ake. Mukuru Mukuru wacho akakumbira kuti apiwe zvombo zvehondo nemagandanga zvavakanga vachishayiwa, saka akanga asingagoni kuita urongwa hune musoro hwokukunda. Nicholas akawana simba nemhaka yenzvimbo yake youmambo, uye kudavira kwaTsar kuti Mwari akanga achitungamirira chisarudzo chake. Akanga asina pfungwa huru yokuronga zvinhu uye akanga asina utsinye hwokutungamirira mauto ose eRussia. Dzimbahwe rake rakanga rine mugariro wakanyarara nenzira inoshamisa, pasinei zvapo nokukurirwa kuzhinji uye mamirioni evarwere. Akakundikana maererano negadziriro namano, pamwe chete nokugovera zvinhu, kusarudza vakuru vakuru, kuchengeta tsika dzakanaka, uye kuwana tsigiro kubva kuhurumende. Pamwero womunhu oga iye aifarirwa zvikuru navose vari vaviri vakuru vakuru navarume.