Russian Revolutions

Lenin was the mastermind behind the October Revolution. He was put into exile in early 1917, but the Germans thought he would subvert the morale of the Russian Army, so they sent him on a train to Petrograd. From there he organized the group known as the Bolsheviks. He made sure that Bolsheviks were organising in the army and navy and in the large factories across the empire. He also began plotting for the provisional government's downfall.

He attempted to put his plan in action in July 1917, but it failed, and he fled to Finland. But the provisional government needed his Bolsheviks in order to help quell a Tsarist mutiny in the army, and soon he was able to return. During the events of the October Revolution he directed the activities from the Bolshevik headquarters at the Smolny Institute. Had Lenin not been in Russia, it is highly unlikely that the Bolsheviks would have begun the October Revolution.

Because it would weaken the war effort against Germany

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"The "Russian Revolution" was actually three revolutions: the 1905 Revolution, the February Revolution of 1917 and the October Revolution of 1917."

Leon Trotsky

Leon Trotsky commanded the Red Army.

1917 - 1923

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.

Tsar Nicholas II was responsible for touching off the first part of the Russian Revolution, the February Revolution. Russian people including workers, soldiers and peasants were dissatisfied with the way he was running the government. Russia was suffering huge losses in World War 1, food in the cities was scarce and the distribution of land among the more wealthy owners was unfair. He was unable or refused to rectify these situations so citizens of Petrograd and other cities broke out into mass demonstrations against him and his government. He abdicated the throne once he realized that he no longer had control of police or military forces to stop the rioting.

As to the second revolution, the October Revolution, he had no role because he was completely out of power, under arrest and in the custody of the Provisional Government.

The two sides were referred to as the Red Army (Bolsheviks and their revolutionary supporters) and the White Army ( nonrevolutionaries who either wanted the Tsar restored to the throne or depose Lenin and the Bolsheviks.

In addition to the Reds and Whites there were the Greens, who were anarchists.

it made the Russian army withdraw and forced it to sign a treaty with the Germans.

No. Marx died in 1883. The Russian Revolution. which was a series of three revolutions came later. The first revolution was in 1905, but was little more than a series of labor strikes. The second revolution was actually two in one which occurred in February 1917 and October 1917. The third revolution was a revolution against the Bolsheviks who took power in the October 1917 revolution. This one failed.

The Bolshevik Party was the radical communist group that took over Russia in the October Russian Revolution. In 1918, the Bolshevik Party changed its name to the Communist Party.

When the February Revolution broke out it was clear that Nicholas II had lost control of the country and could not stop the revolution that was beginning. He was convinced he had to abdicate in order to preserve order. The new Provisional Government took him into custody to assure that he would not be able to take back the throne he had just given up or that no one else could put him back on it.

The plan had been to send him in exile to England; but the Bolsheviks staged their coup in the October Revolution and toppled the Provisional Government. The Bolsheviks then took Nicholas into their custody and quickly decided it would not be a good idea to allow the former Tsar to live in exile in another country where he might gain support for restoration. When the Russian Civil War broke out it was clear to the Bolsheviks that some of the forces fighting against them would try to put Nicholas back on the throne, so the Bolsheviks murdered him and his whole family in July 1918.

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Trotksy certainly played a key role as People's Commisar [Minister] for War and managed to persuade many former Tsarist officers to stay in Russia and join the Red Army.

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The cause of the Russian Revolution of 1917 was that the Czar, or emperor, Nicholas II was using all the money and treating the people unfairly.there were shortages of food and the "commoners" , or peasants and poor people, were the ones revolting because of this.

The answer is no. According to Marixst ideology, all society moves in one of either two directions. Either it stays Capitalist and moves towards Imperialism, or it becomes socialist and moves towards Communism. Marx taught that there were three stages in the movement towards Communism. The first is the revolution by the workers that overthrows the existing social-economic system and replaces it with a government run entirely by the working class which will abolish private property and concentrate it all in the hands of the workers. Once this has been achieved, the society has entered the Socialist stage. In the Socialist stage, the entire economy will be run by the workers and geared exactly as they need it, over the course of time, as the workers control the economy all forms of economic inequality will be erased. Once all people are economically free, all class distinctions will disappear. As class distinctions disappear so too will government institutions which will no longer be necessary. This last stage is known as true Communism. The Bolshevik revolution established a "dictatorship of the proletariat" under Vladimir Lenin, however a socialist society was never created, much less a stateless. Lenin did carry through on his promises such as reducing the working hours of the day and ending Russia's involvement in World War I. However, his new society never progressed beyond that point. Marxism says that a socialist society must be free and democratic, Lenin's was neither, he banned any political opposition and fixed all election. When Lenin died in 1924, the Soviet Union was taken over by Josef Stalin, who implemented one of the most heinous and oppresive regimes known to man. The leaders that followed Stalin were unable to follow their own Marxism.

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I think that the US had already determined to enter the war by the time the Russian Revolution began, so there was little impact. If Russia had withdrawn from the war and the US had NOT entered it, then the outcome might have been different.

What many do not know is that the US sent troops to Russia to fight the Bolsheviks. The Americans were sent to Archangel, in northwest region. The British sent troops farther to the east.So, a related question would be: "What impact did USA and Britain have on the Russian Revolution?"

For more history on the American expedition to Russia, see: http://bentley.umich.edu/bhl/mhchome/polarb.htm

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something happened and it made Russia's economy bad

In early 1917, the Russian population was unhappy with the monarchy that had ruled Russia for centuries. A series of strikes and riots led to a revolution. A "Provisional Government" was instated to rule of the nation until a new on could be formed. In October 1917, the Bolsheviks (A radical left wing party led by Vladimir Lenin) overthrew the Provisional Government and instated a socialist government. One of their first actions was to pull out of WW1.

Vladimir Lenin and his Bolshevik Party.

Actually there where two revolutions. In the first one that took place in February (March, New Style)the workers, peasants and soldiers rioted in the streets against the Tsar. When the army and police refused to obey his orders to quell the riots, the Tsar abdicated and his government simply collapsed. A Provisional Government was formed to step in and keep peace until a new constitutional assembly could be seated. The Duma did not overthrow the tsar. So Nicholas the second was the last tsar of Russia. Later in October (November, New Style), there was another revolution where the Bolshevik Party and the Soviet councils replaced the Provisional Government. After this there was civil war for about three years which left the Bolsheviks in charge of the the USSR.

The main cause was Russia's participation in Great War. Results of war were disastrous for Russia due to incompetence of Tsar Nicholas II and his government.

The imbalance, which was caused by aristocracy in a shortest form. Not really differ from French Revolution in causes. The difference between those two is French was made by burgoise against aristocracy, in Russia it was farmers, villagers, countrymen etc.

The Russian Civil War must be distinguished from the Russian Revolutions of 1917. They are not the same; therefore their causes are not the same. The Civil War was caused because Lenin and his Bolsheviks took over the government from the Russian Provisional Government and announced that they were now in power. The Bolshevik party did not represent the population of Russia. Many people, including some members of the military, the former government and aristocracy were unhappy with the Bolshevik take over because they did not agree with all of its principles. A large portion of this opposition consisted of the Russian Army under the leadership of generals who were opposed to the Bolsheviks.

The Bolsheviks did not have a legitimate claim to the right to govern, because they were a small proportion of the populace; therefore many people opposed their take over. This opposition coalesced into a force determined to oust the Bolsheviks and return the government to the Provisional Government. Lenin had created an armed force called the Red Guard, which became the Red Army. The opposition forces became known as the White Army and White Russians. The two sides could never come to an agreement on which side should rule and the Russian Civil War was on.