The 15th of March, 1917, the tsar gives up and abdicates after two weeks of national riots and strikes among soldiers and workers. ... The fact that the February Revolution had it rising from a bread-queue, had not affected the results of the policy of the revolutionary government. The bread-prices were continuing to rise, the wages were still not being paid at the time, and there was shortage of fuel and raw materials. ... The Bolsheviks again, gained more support with their slogan bread, peace and land while the hostility against the Provisional Government grew. ... The Bolshevik Re...

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He was a strict autocrat - giving the people no power or control over their lives. ... In 1905 a group of protesters arrived outside the Tsar's palace and demanded more wages and cheaper bread. ... After this the people wanted their own government so they could have power over the things like the price of bread and their wages, so Nicholas gave them a political institution called the Duma. ... There were more marches and demands for bread, trains were stopped and shops were looted. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

On March 8, 1917 a group of women and boys were waiting in line for bread. After waiting all day they were told there wasn't any bread. ... But the Tsar himself was not willing to give up his power and he dissolved the Duma after a few months. ... Nicholas II was forced to give up, but he was replaced by a Provisional Government committed to continuing the war. ... Most of the population liked the Bolsheviks because they promised the people " peace, land and bread ". ...

• Word Count: 1936
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The economic problems of Russia were serve people were starving because they couldn't afford the food or there just wasn't enough, the factory's were only producing enough ammunition to give each soldier that had a weapon three bullets a day, boots and clothing was also scarce for the soldiers. ... Because of this the people of Russia started to think that the Bolsheviks in power might not have been such a good idea, but the Bolsheviks still promised Peace, Bread, Land. ... Lenin also made sure that what he told the people was what they wanted and at the time of the revolution t...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Everything Flows, Vasily Grossman gives a glimpse into many different scenes of Russian life during the troubles they faced in the early 20th century. ... Now and again someone gives me a lump of sugar, or a bit of pie from a food parcel.... During Ivan's dream of his mother, Grossman writes about how it was the goal of the State to ignite the fury of the masses and destroy the parasitic class of bread burners and child murderers that were the kulaks. ...

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"To help the masses become conscious of these moods, deepen them and give them shape." ... Lenin's ideas were formulated around the simple slogans of "Bread, Peace, Land" and "All power to the soviets." ...

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• Grade Level: High School