dual alliance

noun

1. the alliance between France and Russia (1890), strengthened by a military convention (1892–93) and lasting until the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.
2. the alliance between Germany and Austria-Hungary against Russia 1879–1918.

noun

1. the alliance between France and Russia (1893–1917)
2. the secret Austro-German alliance against Russia (1879) later expanded to the Triple Alliance