Before a revolution occurs a number of preconditions are often necessary. ... Germany believed that revolution was disaster to a country and by allowing Lenin and his compatriots to return they were helping to spreading Revolution. ... The Bolsheviks, though use of promised land reforms and alternatives to the Tsarist monarchy, only had a limited role in the first revolution. ... The October/ November revolution, where the provisional government was overthrown and the proletarian based republic established, was a direct effect of the actions of Lenin and the Bolsheviks. ... Lenin and the Bo...

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Before a revolution occurs a number of preconditions are often necessary. ... Germany believed that revolution was disaster to a country and by allowing Lenin and his compatriots to return they were helping to spreading Revolution. ... The Bolsheviks, though use of promised land reforms and alternatives to the Tsarist monarchy, only had a limited role in the first revolution. ... The October/ November revolution, where the provisional government was overthrown and the proletarian based republic established, was a direct effect of the actions of Lenin and the Bolsheviks. ... Lenin and the Bo...

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In 1921, the Kronstadt mutiny, where sailors previously loyal to the Bolsheviks revolted against War Communism. ... The NEP was criticized by many Bolsheviks because it abandoned Socialist principle and took a big step back to capitalism. ... Later in post-revolutionary Russia Lenin and the Bolshevik party launched the slogan of "peace, bread and land" to gain increased support for the Bolsheviks. ... The CHEKA kill and persecutes under order from the Bolsheviks, and with it they leave the land with the peasants. ... But they were just oppressed again under Bolshevik rule and then unde...

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Russian Revolution This essay is about the November 1917 revolution, the events that led up to and contributed to the revolution and Lenin's role in the revolution. ... The reasons why the revolution was a success and Lenin's role in that success. ... According to Lenin the working class were to be the people that would lead the revolution but he believed and knew that the people could not so he and the Bolsheviks would lead the revolution on behalf of the working class. ... The Bolsheviks were also flexible to certain extent, this was shown when Lenin created the NEP, many ...

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General causes of the Russian Revolution Poverty In order to understand Trotsky's role in the Russian revolution in the year 1917, perhaps an insight into the causes of the Russian revolution would shed light upon some of the reasons as to why he was a major player in the fight. ... Industrial Revolution The industrial revolution swept through the Russian empire in the late 19th century where the country developed and implemented iron works and factories, including all the elements that the industrial society does exhibit today. ... The Russian revolution fell heavily on the government c...

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War was a great threat to the consolidation of the French Revolution (1789) and the Russian Revolution (February 1917), however there were other causes that contributed to the revolution. ... The involvement of war in both the French and Russian Revolutions were contributing threats to the consolidation of the revolution. ... Kerensky called upon the newly elected Bolshevik dominated Soviet o support him quash the conspiracy. The Bolsheviks supported him resulting into the support for the Bolsheviks to rise. The result of the Bolsheviks' rise in support led to the collapse of the Provi...

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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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One man that followed the same ideas of Marx is Vladimir Lenin, key leader of the Bolshevik party in Russia around the early 1900s. ... The death of over 11 million Russian Citizens caused by the Czar not pulling troops out of WWI due to them not being prepared set the stage for a revolution to spark. ... In the end, the Provisional Government had fallen to the Bolshevik regime. ... After the Bolsheviks coming to power and WWI, Russia was in total disarray. ... Politicians, citizens speaking of revolution, and anyone deemed unfit in the governments eyes would disappear, being either executed ...

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It will mainly focus on the following three topics: the cause of the revolution, what happened during the revolution, and the outcome. ... In 1917 all these things resulted in the overthrow of the czarist government and the establishment of the Bolshevik Party. The Bolshevik Party was a radical group of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party. ... On February 27 the revolution triumphed. ... THe outcome of the revolution was this. ...

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The Bolshevik dictatorship established after the October Revolution was very quickly faced with numerous monumental crises. ... In the months following the Bolshevik coup d"etat opposition forces quickly formed and took arms against what they deemed to be a "Bolshevik dictatorship". ... Faced with this devastating war, the Bolsheviks acted decisively, reforming the Red Army under Trotsky. ... In October 1917 the Bolsheviks inherited an economy on the brink of collapse. ... Conclusions on the Russian revolution vary greatly in their point of view. ...

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The second Revolution was needed for Russia to establish economic growth. ... The Bolsheviks government took possession of industry and abolished private ownership of land. The revolution was needed for the growth of the economy. ... Also Russia has undergone a political, economic, and social revolution. ... If the two revolutions were not needed how would Russia be today?...

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Stalin joined up with the Bolshevik revolutionaries. ... In 1917, the Russian Revolution took place. This was when the government led by the Tsars was overthrown and Lenin and the Bolsheviks came to power. After Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin died in 1924, Stalin gained control of the party. ... George Orwell and other supporters of the Russian Revolution were disillusioned. ...

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This period came to an end during the Russian revolution of 1917. ... However, when the provisional government was overthrown by the Bolsheviks (led by Vladimir Lenin) during the October/November 1917 Russian Revolution, Nicholas and his family came under control of the Bolsheviks. ... In the end, the Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin, took over control. ... Under the Bolsheviks all land was put under the control of the state. ... Soon, the Bolsheviks changed their name to the Communist Party. ...

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In 1903 the Social Democratic Party split into two different groups, the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks. The Bolsheviks believed that the revolution should be lead by a small group of dedicated and skilled revolutionaries, they would lead the party and make all the decisions. ... Lenin wanted to get back to Russia to start another revolution and became allied with the Germans who gave him safe transport into Russia. ... The theory said that it was the time to start another revolution but Bolsheviks disagreed with the timing, and were later to be proved right. ... This lead to the consolidation...

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Why was there Revolution in Russia in March 1917? There were many reasons for a revolution in Russia in March 1917. ... There were seven main opposition groups with 3 predominant ones, - the Mensheviks, the Bolsheviks, and the Social Revolutionaries. These three groups all wanted to get rid of the Tsar, but the Mensheviks weren't prepared to use force, whereas the Bolsheviks and Social Revolutionaries were. ... Moscow decided to join in the revolution. ...

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The causes of the 1905 revolution in Russia can be traced back as far as 1861. ... However, the Narodniks were to progress desipte this initial failure and they became very influencial in the 20th centruy in the form of he Bolsheviks. ... Revolution was impending. ... This massacre was the spark that started the 1905 revolution. ... However this revolution was an indication of the power of the people and it can be said that it was a dress rehersal for the February and October Revolutions of 1917. ...

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Anti-communist historian Richard Pipesi highlights the success in the Bolsheviks using terror 1918 to preserve a totalitarian dictatorship Bolsheviks ' were successful in using terror to preserve power during their time in power, simply because apart from terror they only had popular support'. ... Historian Lionel Kochanii argued that 'Bloody Sunday is to be one of the key events which led to the end of Tsardom and also the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... Under the rule of Lenin and the Bolshevik party, 1917 "1923 the forces of reaction were successful in preserving a dic...

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Whether the Russian revolution was primarily the product of domestic or global causes Russia experienced several revolutions during 1904-1917. ... The biggest revolution exploded in 1917, in that year, there were two revolutions, one in February, one in October. ... In October revolution, the Bolshevik, which was led by Lenin, flung the Provisional government, and found the government of the soviet republic. ... To generate 1917 revolution, there was still a big factor, the revolution of 1905. ... They decided to sponsor the revolution. ...

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There are various reasons why the March 1917 revolution was successful. ... The formation of soviets, a factor which had greatly stirred revolution in 1905, also helped the 1917 revolution to be successful because it joined together the opposition against the Tsar and organized it. ... However what really caused the 1905 revolution to fail and the 1917 revolution to succeed was the fact that in 1905 the army had been fighting on the side of their ruler. ... It was not a surprise that by 1917 many soldiers were supporters of the revolutionary Bolshevik party. ... The 1917 revolution could b...

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These amazing concessions won over the professional side of Russia, splitting the opposition to the Tsar and slowing down the revolution. ... The terrible losses of World War I created tremendous controversy with an uncontrollable country wanting change and desperate for a revolution. Lenin was a revolutionist whose activities and personality became one of the long-term causes of the revolution. ... His determination to override the Russian government is what begun the formation of the Bolshevik party, which ultimately led to the demise of the Tsar. ... On 25th of October 1917, the Bolsheviks ...

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In 1918, after the fall of the Russian Empire due to the Russian Revolution, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation declared independence of a state that consisted mostly of lands held by the former Russian Empire. ... However the Turkish government rejected Armenian independence and tried to conquer it, but the Bolsheviks also invaded Armenia stopping the Turks from taking complete control. For a while the Bolsheviks allowed Armenia to govern itself as a socialist republic, but a year later, the Bolsheviks took complete control of Armenia along with Georgia, and Azerbaijan to create the USSR. ...

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Furthermore the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918 and the Bolshevik Revolution made Russia's situation worse, as 1/3 of the population was lost in the unasked war and only to be left more vulnerable by the Russian civil war 1918-1923. Even though the revolution weakened Russia's industrial powers, the civil war was the final knock to the already weak Tsarist Russia and a clear path for some serious modernization. ... Linin made an impact on the modernization of Russia by leading the revolution. ... This allowed the followers to have desire about modernisation, as they were in the revolu...

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Old Major-s role compares to Lenin and Marx whose ideas were to lead to the communist revolution. ... Propaganda is another item that was used in the Russian revolution. ... In Russia, the Bolsheviks carried out propaganda on the people by passing out leaflets and putting stories in the newspapers that were not true. ... Russian Revolution, Grolier npa). ... Russian Revolution of 1917. ...

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Old Major's role compares to Lenin and Marx whose ideas were to lead to the communist revolution. ... Propaganda is another item that was used in the Russian revolution. ... In Russia, the Bolsheviks carried out propaganda on the people by passing out leaflets and putting stories in the newspapers that were not true. ... ("Russian Revolution," Grolier ). ... "Russian Revolution of 1917." ...

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Later buried, Rasputin's corpse was exhumed and burned by the mob during the February Revolution of 1917 (Yefimovich). ... The revolutionary Bolsheviks used this opportunity and seized the power with the help of a revolution (Fuhrman T)....

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