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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The situation in Russia at this time was grim for a people still experiencing the after-effects of a bloody revolution, and one that drove many individuals to get what they wanted regardless of the cost. ... Like Lenin, the Bolshevik generation did not believe in individuals freedoms like those of speech and press for bourgeois Russia. ...

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Loss of territory, massive casualties and confusion at home were the main reasons for the Second Russian Revolution in February 1917. ... There, on July 16, 1918, the Romanovs and their servants were executed by the Bolsheviks. ... His reign was one of continual trouble: Witte's reforms causing protesting, war with Japan, 1905 revolution, Rasputin's influence on the family, World War I, and finally the Revolution of 1917, forcing his abdication. ...

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