> and the tsar still ordered a partial mobilization (although the military did succeed in pressuring him to return to general mobilization within a few days) T

> and the tsar still ordered a partial mobilization (although the military did succeed in pressuring him to return to general mobilization within a few days) That's not even remotely what happened. What actually happened was the Tsar ordered a full mobilization while lying to the world that their mobilization was only partial, to possibly delay the mobilization of other powers. From the start, not a single thing was done differently from a full mobilization.