The Russian revolution is the fundamental political and social upheaval that erupted in the Russian empire in 1917. ... The Russian standard of living has increased greatly since 1917. ... Since 1917 Russia has also increased its mineral production to become one of the world's leading producers. ... Since the 1917 revolution Russia had grown into a well -rounded country in reaching this goal, The Russian Government controls virtually the entire economy now; placing heavy emphasis on development of manufacturing industries and the increase of farm output. If the two revolutions were not ...

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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. ... November 1917 was the time when the Bolsheviks had to take control of Russia. ... When it came to the election in November 1917 the Bolsheviks did not get the majority of the votes, so to counter act this they started to eliminate their opposition one by one until they had supreme leadership of Russia. ... At the time of the revolution Russia was at war, this was causing social unrest through out the country. ... Lenin&...

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During the year 1917, two revolutions took place in Russia. ... The February revolution of 1917 began with the bread riots on February 23. ... 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 of 1917 was an event of international significance. ... The Revolution of 1917 transformed a poverty-stricken Czarist Russia into a super power, under the guiding spirits of Lenin,...

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The 15th of March, 1917, the tsar gives up and abdicates after two weeks of national riots and strikes among soldiers and workers. ... Why was there a second revolution? ... Russia, after the first revolution, was split into two opponent powers. ... 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...

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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. ... As the First World War continued into 1917, ordinary Russian people too were becoming downhearted, as their situation was getting worse. ... Moscow decided to join in the revolution. ...

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The Significance Of The Role Of Individuals In The Creation & Development Of The Communist State, 1917 – 53 Russia as a communist state was undoubtedly, even if only on a local level, shaped by the collective. ... The Russian Revolution of October 1917 can be seen as the first great surge of the future USSR. ... In the April Theses of 1917 he drafted a strategy for the party to seize power. ... "1 Many would argue that the 1917 October revolution would have not succeeded had it not been for the weakness of the provisional government, or the Petrograd soviets assistance. ... Just af...

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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. ... Likewise, Russian peasants and townspeople were seen as a threat towards the consolidation of the Russian Revolution. ... " in March 1917, food riots and strikes broke out in Petrograd."" ... In Russia, Lenin was considered as a main threat towards the consolidation ...

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Revolution in Russia (1917-1918) Summary The Great War dragged on from 1914 through 1917 with little change. ... 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 Russian Revolution. ... Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in late March 1917. ...

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Throughout the period of 1917 to 1941 the majority of the many changes in soviet foreign policy were not results of pre-determined ideology, but rather a pragmatism that resulted from the varying situations. ... " 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. ... It was a result of Russia's lack of warfare material and an army that needed to be increased as well as Britain's insistence on not siding with Russia. ... "The German forces must be prepared to crush Soviet Russia i...

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This period came to an end during the Russian revolution of 1917. ... The Romanov dynasty was in power in Russia from 1613 to 1917.The family was murdered at Ekateringburg on July 17th, 1918. ... 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. ... In October 1917 the Bolsheviks took ov...

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LENIN"S ROLE IN THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. ... In 1917 after emerging as premier of the Soviet Government his fame and fortune grew overnight. ... During the years leading up to 1917, Lenin had been a virtual stranger to Russia. ... "(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." ...

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The Decline and Fall of The Romanov Dynasty World War 1 was the defining factor which led to the collapse of the Romanov Dynasty in February, 1917. Without it a revolution would not have happened at this point in time. ... 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 ...

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Tsar Nicholas II and Alexandra were the foundation for the downfall of the Romanov dynasty and the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... Alexander Kerensky, Russian Prime Minister of 1917 said Nicholas found "the daily work of a ruler terribly boring- . ... 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 Rasputin was responsible for the failings of the tsarist regime and his powerful influence on the Romanov family aided in the bringing about of the 1917 revolution. ... However, when ...

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The abdication of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia in March 1917, was a result of numerous significant factors. ... 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. ... On the 15th of March 1917 Tsar Nicholas II abdicated from the throne. ... Lenin wanted to get back to Russia to start another revolution and became allied with the Germans who gave him safe transport into Russia. ... In June 1917 the Provisional Government ordered Russian a...

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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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Nicholas II was Czar from 1896-1917, and his rule was the brute of political disarray. ... In 1905, the famouse Russian revolution had occured between Czar and his people. ... Although Russia became more civilized in a way, the demand for right increased by the Serfs which had created the long term cause of the revolution. ... The peasants were the bulk of Russian citizenry, and acted as the soldiers of the 1905 revolution. ... After the revolution, Russia had...

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The royal family reigned for over 300 years, and suddenly came to the end in 1917; the year when the last Russian emperor Nicholas II and his family were cruelly killed in Ekaterinburg. ... Loss of territory, massive casualties and confusion at home were the main reasons for the Second Russian Revolution in February 1917. On March 7th, 1917, Nicholas was forced to abdicate in favor of his brother, Michael Romanov. ... 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 fin...

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On the third of April 1917, with Lenin's return to Russia, he announced a republic for Soviet of Workers, Poor Peasants and Peasants" Deputies, and his "April Theses" - his plans for the future. ... His push for the revolution to take place in October 1917, with scepticism from other members in the party given the disastrous July Days, was proven to be a correct decision; as the Provisional government crumbled under the threat and the Bolsheviks took power. ... Lenin's leadership and ability to lead the Bolsheviks is also undeniable, the October 1917 Revolution being one that require...

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The Russian Civil War lasted from October 1917 to October 1922. ... These units were formed in 1917, but after a year, some reorganized into the Red Army. ... "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." ... Lenin was aiming for this goal from the start when he announced his "Call to Power" speech in 1917. ... " This ended the Russian Civil War. ...

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Characters, items, and events found in George Orwells book, Animal Farm, can be compared to similar characters, items, and events found in Marxism and the 1917 Russian Revolution. ... Propaganda is another item that was used in the Russian revolution. ... The last event that was similar in the book and in Russia was the animal rebellion on the farm and the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... Russian Revolution, Grolier npa). ... Russian Revolution of 1917. ...

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Animal Farm by George Orwell Characters, items, and events found in George Orwells book, Animal Farm, can be compared to similar characters, items, and events found in Marxism and the 1917 Russian Revolution. ... Propaganda is another item that was used in the Russian revolution. ... The last event that was similar in the book and in Russia was the animal rebellion on the farm and the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... ("Russian Revolution," Grolier ). ... "Russian Revolution of 1917." ...

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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. ... Farmer Jones is Czar Nicholas II, Overthrown by the revolution and later executed by the Bolsheviks; Old Major is Marx and perhaps Marxist-Leninism; Boxer and Clover represent the proletariat (the urban industrial worker)-and more remotely the Chinese revolutionaries of the 1900 Boxer Rebellion; Napoleon stands for Joseph Stalin; Snowball is Leon Trotsky; Mollie...

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The Mensheviks "took the logical position in the Soviet of 1917 that it was premature to attempt to implement Marxism in the Russia of that time for the obvious reasons that capitalism had not matured there and thus there was no proletariat majority."" ... Ragsdale, in The Russian Tragedy, asks, "What does the doctrine of Marxism have to do with Russia?... As Ragsdale states, "Russia in the nineteenth century or Russia in 1917 did not fit plausibly into any historical period described by Marx."" ... Another aspect of the revolution in which Marxism and Leninism differed was on the form of go...

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To what extent were the forces of reaction successful in using terror to preserve autocracy and dictatorships in Russia and the Soviet Union 1855-1955? ... However under the Soviet rule between 1917-1955, secret police institutions like that of the OGPU, NKVD, Cheka and Red army to an extent, were rather used to inflict terror on the Russian population to suppress opposition and preserve autocracy. ... 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 Le...

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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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