The Russian revolution is the fundamental political and social upheaval that erupted in the Russian empire in 1917. ... In the last years before World War 1 there was no reason to believe that revolution was inevitable, much less imminent in Russia. ... The second Revolution was needed for Russia to establish economic growth. ... 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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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. These include the different social, political and economic causes of the Russian Revolution, things such as which social class should lead the uprising, the Mensheviks who wanted to change Russia by a democratic vote and social reform. ... The reasons why the revolution was a success and Lenin's role in that success. ... At the time of the revolution Russia was at war, this was causing social unrest through out the ...

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On top of this, the ineptitude of Russian system caused food shortages throughout Russia which only served to encourage Russian's that radical change and revolution was necessary- disproving my original hypothesis that that War was not the most important cause of the revolution. ... Other Causes Aside from the Russo-Japanese War, there were lots of other underlying issues in Russia and the Tsar's ignorance and overlooking of these were arguably the driving force behind the revolution. ... This was undoubtedly the catalyst to the revolution, and hugely important in causing it to o...

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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. ... World War One was considered to be a main threat to the consolidation of the Russian Revolution. ... The involvement of war in both the French and Russian Revolutions were contributing threats to the consolidation of the revolution. ... Likewise, Russian peasants and townspeople were seen as a threat towards the consolidation of the Russian Revolution. ... In Russia, Lenin was considered as a main thre...

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Why was there a second revolution? ... Russia, after the first revolution, was split into two opponent powers. ... Russia was also impoverished after many years of war. ... So the Kornilov affair came for the Bolsheviks as a bottle of Imsdal in Sahara, they now emerged popularity and trust, and became a well-armed force preparing for revolution In September the crisis develops further in Russia. ... My conclusion will be that there was a second revolution in Russia in November 1917 because of failing policies from the Provisional Government, Bolsheviks being well organized and disciplined,...

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During the year 1917, two revolutions took place in Russia. ... The first All -Russian Congress was announced by the end of March, 1917. Exhibit 12.3 The leader of the October Revolution, Lenin The brilliant leadership and the moving spirit of Lenin was responsible for the October Revolution in Russia. ... The Russian Revolution brought to an end the Czarist regime. ... The Russian Revolution of 1917 was an event of international significance. ... The success of the Russian Revolution, changed the character of the nationalist revolutions in the colonial world. ...

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On the other hand Russia got support from the US when Russia was attacked by Great Britain and France in 1855. ... After the Russian revolution in 1917 a lot of people came to the US. ... In Fact, the "Russian Mafia" consists of people attending many ethnic groups, but hardly any Russians. ... The CRA (Congress of Russian Americans) is an organization that tries to improve the life of Russians in the US. ... Life is not easy for Russian-Americans. ...

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Discuss with reference to France and Russia. ... The Russian revolution progressed in much the same way, and its causes are rooted deep in Russian history. ... The statement above is accurate and reasonable and is born out fantastically well by spiralling events in both France and Russia in their ages of revolution. ... As with France, the Russian revolution began as a protest against tyranny. ... Therefore, the statement presented is accurate to both the French and Russian revolutions. ...

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Revolutions are and will always be a turning point in history, whether it was the French Revolution, a political overthrow, or the Industrial Revolution, a new way of living. ... The Industrial Revolution began solely in England for many reasons, and one being the ideas of the Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution. ... Factories were a main effect of the Industrial Revolution and were extremely important to the Revolution. ... Communism rained over the world in countries such as Russia which at the time was the Soviet Union and countries like China. ... The negative outcomes of the Industria...

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This turned Moscow into the economic capital of Russia and eventually served as the hub of the Russian revolution against the Mongols. ... Largely tied in with the politics of Russia, the Mongols also had great indirect effects on the Russian Orthodox Church as well. ... This made the Orthodox Church the most powerful Russian entity of power in all of Russia. ... As terrible as the Mongol's rule over Russia was for the Russian people, perhaps no other ruler of Russia was as influential to the Russian culture as the Mongols. ... While most Russians will argue the Mongol occupation was a te...

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LENIN"S ROLE IN THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. ... Such a leader was critical to the pre-condition phase, where parties were forming, discontent was mounting in Russia, and someone as powerful and convincing as Lenin had the opportunity to drive a revolution. ... "(6) The news that Russia was in a state of revolution in 1917 caught Lenin by surprise... "This first stage of the revolution born of war will neither be the last, nor confined to Russia." ... He stayed underground and wrote "State and Revolution" an anarchist pamphlet that reflected precisely the Russian revolutionary process...

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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. ... 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. ... He destroyed the lives of landowners, merchants and factory owners during the dictatorship he bequeathed Russia. ... For thousands of years, the servants of Russia had fought their masters for the freedom that seemed taken from them a...

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Without it a revolution would not have happened at this point in time. This is not to say a revolution would not have eventually happened, as many of the ingredients needed were already present. ... These two groups inhabited the major cities of Russia and pioneered her industrial revolution, decades after other nations such as France, England and Germany had begun theirs. ... It was, however, the main factor that caused society to so spontaneously revolt and bring about the revolution which took place in February/March, 1917. ... There is no doubt that a country of Russia's magnitude and...

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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. ... But he only gave the Duma a very small amount of Political power that helped to delay a revolution, but only for a time. ... Moscow decided to join in the revolution. ... In conclusion, the Russian revolution happened partly because the people were tired of living in such a medieval fashion and so demanded change, and partly because the Tsar Nicholas and the Tsarina Alexandria weren't very sympathetic to the people under their rule and didn't take action to manage ...

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The economic problems of the Russian empire emerged due to the lack of resources readily available for usage in stimulation of the economy; this ultimately created a slow crawl into an "Industrial Revolution" for the empire. ... Although Serfdom was prevalent in Russia since the 11th century, it only became an integral part of Russian society in the 17th. By then, up to 80% of Russian population consisted of peasants, of which half were serfs. ... Russian society by the 19th century had changed very little aspects of its political system over the past few hundred years; the state rem...

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Revolution in Russia (1917-1918) Summary The Great War dragged on from 1914 through 1917 with little change. ... In March 1918, the new communist government in Russia signed a treaty with Germany, extricating the Russians from the conflict entirely. Though out of chronological order, we will treat the impact of the Russian Revolution on World War I first. ... Seeds of the Russian Revolution, however, had been sown years before. ... Resulting in the deaths of scores of Russian workers and their wives, Bloody Sunday, as it came to be called, may have been the proximate cause of the Rus...

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With the added problems of peasantry, the tsarist regime's neglect to reform and the poor advice of an illiterate and uncultured man, revolution was inevitable. Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra were the foundation for the downfall of the Romanov dynasty and the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... Russia was living in an age far behind the rest of Europe and the people of Russia were becoming restless with the need to progress. ... The Black Hundreds were a reactionary, anti-revolutionary and anti-Semitic group formed during and after the Russian Revolution of 1905. ... It is said that Rasput...

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Austria-Hungary naturally harbored a fear of Russia and seemed to operate under the expectation that a Russian clash was as inevitable as a Serbian clash. ... The height of those concerns coincided with the winds of revolution beginning to blow across the Russian nation. ... For Russia, it was a simple matter of backing/protecting their ally, Serbia. ... With the Russian military dealing with the rumblings of revolution and the wavering certainty of the Tsar, France could help to keep potential German attacks in check. Likewise, if the Kaiser set his sights on France, Russia could mobilize...

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The abdication led Russia to change significantly with immediate consequences such as political turmoil, short term consequences such as the revolution and long term consequences such as Stalin ruling of Russia. ... Many Russians did not like a German leading Russia and Nicholas become more unpopular amongst his people. ... 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 German...

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For centuries Tsars ruled Russia. This period came to an end during the Russian revolution of 1917. ... People wanted Russia to stop the war. ... 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. ... When the Revolution was reignited in 1917, the Revolutionaries had more support than the tsar and the determination to accomplish their goals. ...

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The novel, though, was actually meant by Orwell to be a satire of Russia during its revolutionary period from the Czar Nicholas II to Trotsky and Stalin. ... HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The Russian Revolution began with the abdication of Czar Nicholas II in 1917. ... Lenin immediately began his attempt to construct a socialist government in Russia according to the philosophy of Karl Marx. ... STORY The story begins when an old boar named Old Major insights revolution against Farmer Jones with the animals through the stirring speech he gave before he died. ... The animals then finally realized...

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After the revolution of 1917 and the change in the regime, life for ordinary Russians took a very different course. ... Food shortages lead to sever famine all over Russia for years. ... Russian culture and family ties were also changing in the 1930s. ... She has also written The Russian Revolution, Stalin's Peasants, In the Shadow of Revolution, The Cultural Front, and several other books and many articles about Russia and Russian history. ... She is a professor of Russian history at the University of Chicago and is extremely well educated on matters of Russian history. ...

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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. ... He is a professor of Russian history at the State University of New York at Binghamton. He was also the author for the several books on Russia, most of them highly regarded. ... 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. ... I act in this spirit only because I am certain th...

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The Russian Civil War lasted from October 1917 to October 1922. ... For one, they had many different groups with different ideas on how Russia should be ruled. ... "In not more than a month's time terror will assume very violent forms, after the example of the great French Revolution; the guillotine... will be ready for our enemies... that remarkable invention of the French Revolution which makes man shorter by a head." ... However, the Russian condition became worse, workers in the factories stalled their production, stole goods from the factories, and threatened all of Russia with starv...

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" He appealed to workers of the central powers to conduct their own revolution and while his pleas did not go unanswered they caused little result. ... In this period the Bolsheviks began to work together with other socialists and other countries as the expected world revolution had not occurred and would not for many years. ... Russia's foreign minister Litvinov claimed the league must be kept strong and focused on the idea of collective security. ... It was a result of Russia's lack of warfare material and an army that needed to be increased as well as Britain's insistenc...

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