The revolution had gone further than anyone had expected. ... As with France, the Russian revolution began as a protest against tyranny. ... When the inevitable seizure of power did take place, the Bolsheviks did so with relative ease. ... Essentially, what the Bolsheviks wanted was as much opposed to the real desires of the people, as had been the policies of the provisional government. ... He adopted stern and cruel measures to deal with counter-revolutions. ...

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Last November, the Bolsheviks led a massive revolution against Kerensky's provisional government. ... The idea gained momentum and soon enough, the Bolsheviks were the dominant force in the Petrograd Soviet. They had the full support of the workers and peasants by September and at that point, we all knew a successful revolution was inevitable. ... This met with joy and delight from the people and I was told that the Bolsheviks won over 80% of the population's support. ... The vast majority of political parties still remain hostile to the Bolsheviks and believe me, with time and plann...

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It relied on the revolution and can't avoid bleeding and sacrifice. ... Because the Bolshevik hadn't been formed as a part of the economic and social life before it came to power. ... The Bolshevik was based on the proletariat and the poor who didn't own the productive materials. ... But after that, in the name of the proletariat and the poor, the Bolshevik established state-owned and collective ownership. On the way to public ownership the Bolshevik treated the peasants so cruelly that coursed a lot of death. ...

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World war one caused destruction to human life and property on such a scale that never had been witnessed before. The destruction didn't end there however as the pre-war political system also was destroyed. Thus the post war Europe saw differing political beliefs fighting for control. While the vict...

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However, if such offences were committed on a large scale in a non-democratic country there still remains the threat of popular unrest and revolution which helps to keep the regime in check. ... Such was the rationale of Lenin's Bolshevik (and then Communist) Party during the 1917 Russian revolution, where the party sought legitimacy as defenders of the revolution and then subsequently leading the people towards their goal, whether the people wanted it or not. ...

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The Bolshevik revolution in Russia in 1917 and the Rice Riots of 1918 energized radical thought, and there were movements calling for universal male suffrage1, the social, economic and political liberation of women, and the end of the existing social order entirely. ...

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