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. ... Politicized Workforce The urban workforce that fed the government was growing politically and so the political aspect was growing to be an issue that was led to the Russian revolution. ... The Russian revolution fell heavily on the government considering the fact that the workforce from the urban centers part...

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Georgians possessed their own culture and language which was very different from the official Russian language of the empire, and the young Stalin only began learning Russian when he was nine years old. ... It is reported that in his last years his ability to speak Russian deteriorated and he spoke only Georgian. The one institution that Stalin's birthplace shared with the larger Russian Empire was the Orthodox Church which Georgia actually converted more than 500 years before Russia. ... His timing was excellent becasue the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party had just been founded wh...

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This would have meant that he appealed to the surfs throughout Russia. ... He was a good orator, organised, and worked for the benefit of Russia. ... This meant that he had influence other the minorities, of which there were many throughout Russia. Kamenev's let downs were that he had been opposed to the April Thesis, he wanted a socialist coalition government, and he had had heated debates with Lenin. ... He had a good relationship with the Russian people, which was boosted by him leading them out of the July days. ...

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