Russian Revolutions

People were hungry, out of work, farms failing, and the Czars weren't taking care of the people. They spent money like it was growing on trees. I was in Russia last summer and saw the vast wealth and palaces that they had. I can understand why the revolution happened after seeing the diamonds and gold they wore and the places they lived. The Russian people wanted a government that they thought would listen to them and do their business.

The Russian Revolution was mainly nationwide violence and rebellion against the government but there was also lots of indirect violence, whereas the Mexican Revolution was more of a cultural reformation and rebellion of a single dictator.

Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks during the "soviet revolution", although technically it is not called the soviet revolution, but the Russian Revolution or Bolshevik Revolution. The Soviet Union had not come into being until 1922.

Bolshevik government and its Red Army against the anti-Bolshevik forces in Russia.

Karl Marx could be considered the intellectual and philosophical leader of the Russian Revolution. Although he had died long before the revolution it was his ideas (along with Friedrich Engels) that sparked the political movements to overthrow the capitalist and autocratic government that was in place in 1917. His ideas on the evils of capitalism, the need to overthrow it in favor of socialism and the eventual conversion of socialism into communism led many to believe that the forms of government in place in many industrialized countries had to be replaced.

These Marxist thoughts led to the creation of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) whose members advocated the overthrow of capitalism in favor of socialism. One faction of this party was the Bolshevik Party led by Vladimir Lenin. When the first Russian Revolution occurred in February 1917, the Marxist RSDLP and other anti government parties, socialist and non-socialists) banded together to form the capitalist based Provisional Government. But by that time in Russia, the workers, soldiers and peasants were not content to remain under a capitalist system. Lenin used Marxist ideologies to convince the people that a Marxist system led by him and the Bolsheviks would be better than a capitalist system led by the ministers of the former government. Using Marxist propaganda, Lenin engineered the Bolshevik/Communist Revolution in October 1917.

During the Russian Revolution in the early 1900's, the Mensheviks (which translated in Russian means the smaller ones or the tinier group). The Mensheviks were the rich elite of Russia and they fought against the Bolsheviks or the larger ones. The Bolsheviks were the serfs and peasants which rose up against the rich elite, similar to the earlier French Revolution. The Bolsheviks made up most of the Russian population and eventually won the civil war raging on in Russia based on their large numbers.

There were a few causes of the Russian Revolution.

The start of World War One was an immediate cause. It led to widespread famine in Russia because all of the supplies were sent to soldiers. In February 1917, there was a strike on International Women's Day demanding food.

The end of serfdom in 1861 was another cause. It led to a ruling nobility that didnt represent the thoughts ideas and beliefs of the proletariat, or working class. There was an unfair and unequal distribution of land that upset many Russians.

Thus, Lenin's slogan for the Bolsheviks was "Peace, Land and Bread"

Lenin and Trotsky were the two leaders of the Bolshevik political party which took power after the Russia Revolution of 1917. Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown during the Russia Revolution of 1917, also known as the Bolshevik revolution.

Russia was beaten badly by the Germans on the battlefield, while back in Russia, the Russian civilian people starved and went without. Also, Tsar Nicholas was a failure as a leader of Russia, just like French king Louis XVI was a failure. The Germans allowed Lenin (a Russian communist) to travel to Russia to get that nation out of the war, and Lenin led a revolution in Russia to try and solve the internal problems of Russia. The internal problems in Russia would not be solved for a long time.

Russian Revolution can refer to the following events in the history of Russia:

The Russian Revolution of 1905, which was a series of riots and anti-government violence against Tsar Nicholas II.

The Russian Revolution of 1917, which included the February Revolution resulting in the abdication of Nicholas II of Russia and the October Revolution, which was the Bolshevik revolt.

The Third Russian Revolution, which was the failed anarchist revolution against the Bolsheviks that started in 1918. It was suppressed along with the White Movement by 1922.

When the year is not indicated in the reference, the term "Russian Revolution", if used as a time mark, usually refers to the October Revolution of 1917, whereas references to the revolution of 1905 always mention the year and references to the February Revolution always mention the month.

The Russian revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, or the October Revolution took place in the year 1917. Two revolutions took place that year in Russia, in which the first, known as the February Revolution, when the Tzar of Russia abdicated his throne, and the provisional government took power. The next revolution was, in October, when the Bolshevik's overthrew the provisional government.

One of the weapons used by the Soviet Union and the U.S. were the H bomb and the A bomb. Which were nuclear bombs. However, these bombs were not used to attack the other as there was no fighting during the cold war.

Most importantly, the government shifted from a parliamentary form to a socialist form. Several parts of Russia which had been clamoring for freedom for years took the opportunity and declared independence. Other important results of the revolution included the repudiation of all foreign debts, the institution of a fixed wage and shorter working day, the nationalization of Russian banks, turning over of control of factories to soviets, confiscation of private bank accounts and Church properties.

The 1917 Russian Revolution was made up of the February Revolution, in which Czar Nicholas II was deposed and the Czarist regime overthrown, and the October Revolution, in which the Bolsheviks overthrew the provisional government, took power in their own name and eventually changed their name to Communists. There was also a revolution in 1905, which accomplished little more than establishment of the Russian Duma, a weak parliamentary style governing body. Czar Nicholas retained most power in government.

Russia, unlike the western European Countries, did not take a significant part in the Industrial Revolution; and it maintained a feudal economy until 1861, when the serfs were emancipated. The freed serfs (who had been little better than slaves) were allocated a sort of share in community land; but they could not sell their land. Thus they remained tied to the land, or else left for the cities, penniless.

By 1914, Russia dis have an fledgling industrial economy; but most of the population were still agricultural workers.


The great Soviet move to industrialisation occurred after the war, under Lenin's successor, Stalin.

The first emperor was a hero and villain, he has done equal amount of things to make him a hero and villain. Like for a hero, he has built the great wall to protect his country, but, he has treated lots of people badly to build the great wall for him. He was the first emperor of china, he was the first one that overpowered 6 warring states. to me, he was both.

You pays your money and call the tune!

First the Glorious revolution was not Glorious and it wasn,t a Revolution. It was a hall and corner affair by men who hid in the shadows. It was the last act of the English reformation in a struggle between Anglican Catholicism and Protestantism! Ever since the reformation in England started the two forces of Protestantism/ Calvinism and Anglican Catholicism had stared at one another, circlng around like lion and jackal at a waterhole. Elizabeth refused to allow the Calvinists to challenge the Church and they couldn,t force the issue in case something awful happened to Eliza. Her death could mean a Romanist Claimant on the throne! It was a schottice that went on some 68 yrs till the accession of Charles thee First. By that time the threat of Rome had diminished, but was still flaunted by the Protestant Calvinist faction!The Calvinists took control of the Parliament and challenged the King politically and after his political collapse moved to challenge the Anglicans! Anglicans appealing to Charles rallied to oppose the Protestant Parliament. They lost anf the Church was abolished! The Presbyterian Church that followed 1646 to 1660 collapsed for lack of support from eeither Anglican laity or the Calvinist Army and in 1660 the Church and the Monarchy were restored!

For twenty five years there was a struggle between the Anglicans and the remnants of the Commonwealth, the latter didn't have to much success they had no support, memories of the republican fiasco were too recent.Then in Feb, 1685, Charles ii died and his brother a Roman,' Convert' took the throne. He was an honest idiot at the best. First he promised free religion to all Protestants! Then he extended that privilige to Romanists. The Protestants complained, many would rather have done without than share freedom of worship with the Roman Church! The English Catholics looked askance at both the others but accepted the idea of freedom of worship! Then James iind, in an excess of idiocy started to interfere with Anglican Sermons and permitting Romans freedom to excess. He put his favourites in to key Anglican positions and started to sack Anglican Officers and fill their places with Romanists! The Anglican leadership were suspicious to say the least! To them it looked like a rehearsal for a replay of the 1640/60 debacle that lost them their King, Archbishops ,Bishops and all their clergy as well as their Churches. When James ordered them to issue his proclamation from Anglican pulpits, they refused. It was to much like preparing their own funeral. James was shocked, he ordered them to stand trial for treason. The whole country was in an uproar as they were taken to prison their very guards and jailors knelt and asked for a blessing! After a trial that shocked them all, Anglican ,Roman and Protestant, they were found not guilty and the country went wild. James was shocked at the whole sequence of events and suffered a political collapse. As Richmal Compton was want to say in her Just William, novels, "Collapse of Stout Party".

The Anglican Church had opposed the schemes of the King and Papacy! It had won the fight, it was everyone's darling. But for the Anglicans they weren't too sure what had happeened! They didn't have to waite to long on the 10th, of June 1688, MQueem Mary Beatrice, James's wife bore him a son, James, Prince of Wales. This changed everything, it was expected that the Romanist Monarchy would end with James who was elderly, he died about 1702 A

Prior to the Russian Revolution of 1917, the lives of ordinary people were deplorable. People who worked as farmers or in factories lived in poverty and there seemed no legal way to change their circumstance. The country was ruled by Czar Nicholas. After the revolution and removal of the Czar, the Soviets took over and established a Congress that proposed getting rid of private property so that the people could own the land. Likewise, the factories would be run by the workers.

It provided spiritual guidance to the Russian people and it opposed the Atheist government of the Communist regime.

It also continued to provide some limited Church services during the 70 years of Communist persecution, even though most of the Churches had been destroyed by the Communists in Russia.

well in the November revolution not one shot was fired after leon trotsky masterminded an ingenius plan to overthrow the provisional government. This was in Petrograd, but i don't know about the rioting after the bread line incident

The revolutionaries in Russia wanted to create a government where they were equally represented and wouldn't be ignored as in the governemtn run by the Tsars. They also wanted to get rid of the noble class that had abused them for so long.

Social Equality and Economic Democracy

One of the achievement of the Russian revolution is that it led to better administration of the civilians. The revolution also helped reduce inflation and the agrarian shortages of fuel, grains and food.