The 15th of March, 1917, the tsar gives up and abdicates after two weeks of national riots and strikes among soldiers and workers. ... The power the Provisional Government was to have according to the army, were also weakened with the Soviet's "Order Number One" (14 of March) commanding all armies to establish a soldiers council in each regiment, were the soldiers were ordered only to deny orders conflicting with the Soviet's interests. The government could not anymore rely on the soldiers to obey their orders; it was the Petrograd Soviet who had the control of the army, and no longe...

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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. The soldiers had to wait for one of their comrades to die or be injured before they could acquire a gun and specific articles of clothing. ... But they were also the soldiers. ... The working class people went on huge general strike and when the army was sent to break the rally up the sol...

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Yes this would be a good definition, but let's put it in practical terms what we see is an alliance in which the USA uses countries from Europe as relays to convey power in whatever part of Middle East or East they want, not that this would be bad but this alliance is in shatters, a bunch of new countries have entered this defensive organization with the prospect of safe heaven, and democratic development. ... If there could be gathered even more proof to reveal the fact that the soldiers fighting on the rebel side are Russian soldiers the game table would change in the favor of NATO but ...

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Their dearest dream was to get hold of more good land. ... Even so, the Russian soldiers faced difficulties led by the mismanagement of the government. ... Ammunition supplies had run out, many soldiers lacked shoes and sufficient clothing; adequate food supplies had cease reaching the front, but to the soldiers it seemed that the leaders callously ignored the losses of lives. ... Various workers, soldiers, and socialist leaders who organized a soviet created a new center of authority. ...

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However, an ever-increasing number of workers and soldiers came to recognize the Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers. Thus a Dual Power was established by the revolution, namely the Provisional Government and the government of the Soviets of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies. ... Firstly, the promotion of the material and moral conditions of the proletariat; the realization of the social or the common good of society by and through society and finally the securing of equal social obligations and rights. ...

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In Russia, chaos was occurred all over the country, caused by abundant riots and the sight of soldiers deserting the war front became common due to unhappiness experienced by many Russian people. ... " the blaze of popularity which had first surrounded the good-natured reforming' King was finally extinguished."" ... Soldiers started riots and in the war front soldiers began to desert in ever-increasing numbers- (Fiehn, 1996, p 41) as a result of poor conditions and the appeal for the war to end. ... The peasants, soldiers and the Kornilov Conspiracy were posed as threats to the cons...

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An angry Khrushchev said in Los Angeles in 1959: "Never have any of our soldiers been on American soil, but your soldiers were on Russian soil." ... The revisionists would say that those actions were only defensive and were justified after Russia had lost about twenty million soldiers and civilians in the German attack. ... Both sides wanted their values and economic and political systems to prevail in areas which their soldiers had helped to liberate. ... Although the Soviet Union has collapsed in 1991 and "lost" the Cold war, America has still pretty much the same position of the "World p...

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They believed that Nicholas was a good man but at that time the Tsar was at his summer residence outside the city. ... Soldiers returning back from the war against Japan rebelled. ... During World War I Russian army lost many soldiers in their fight against the Germans. ... There were still a few commanders loyal to the Tsar who forced their soldiers to shoot into the crowd, killing several people. ... Soldiers entered the new Red Army. ...

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They told workers, soldiers, and peasants to not trust their own hands and to take away land from the landowners. ... Napoleon then presented the windmill as a good idea and the animals were presented with hope that things would get better on the farm. ... In Russia, there were many food shortages which caused the people to demonstrate and then the Russian soldiers refused to suppress them and the leaders demanded that Nicholas transfer his power to parliamentary government because everything was getting out of control. Soviet workers and soldiers formed a special committ...

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They told workers, soldiers, and peasants to not trust their own hands and to take away land from the landowners. ... Napoleon then presented the windmill as a good idea and the animals were presented with hope that things would get better on the farm. ... In Russia, there were many food shortages which caused the people to demonstrate and then the Russian soldiers refused to suppress them and the leaders demanded that Nicholas transfer his power to parliamentary government because everything was getting out of control. Soviet workers and soldiers formed a special committee and established a g...

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In his recorded memoirs he pointed to the problem within the Russian Imperial Army that the majority of aristocratic generals and officers neglected their troops and had little understanding, or esprit connection, with the ordinary peasant soldiers. ... His order was read out to every Soviet soldier - 'Not a step backwards!' ... By diverting them to this ultimately futile attack Hitler wrecked the Caucasus campaign, which had a good chance of success. ...

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In both countries, there is a sense that the bad eventually drives out the good, as one evil progressively replaces another. ... The good points of the revolution however, were carried on, such as the abolition of the feudal system. ... They were to find a very receptive audience in thousands of soldiers and insurgent workers, tired of growing poverty, misery, cruelty, squalor and the Tsar's blind adherence to the status quo. ... So things were looking good for the people. ...

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