Introduction Peace! Land! Bread! The Russian Empire was not a good place to be in around 1918, WWI was going badly, food was scarce, and the economy was backwards. Back then Russia was rule by a czar. The government was corrupt. Clearly, all of this put together caused unrest. So, people decided that they'd had enough, and after two revolutions, Russia became the Soviet Union, which, in case you haven't already figured out, is not ruled by a czar.
February Revolution
The February Revolution started on March 8, or February 23 using the Julian calendar, which Russia did. On March 8, demonstrators stopped working in Petrograd (st. Petersburg) and demanded bread. By march 10, almost every worker in Petrograd stopped working. Factories started electing councils. On march 11, the Petrograd army garrison was sent in to restore order, but the demonstrators didn't budge, and the troops started to waver. On march 12 the soldiers defected and joined the demonstrators. When the last of the troops defected, the soldiers and workers formed the Petrograd Soviet(council). On March 14, the Petrograd Soviet ordered Russian soldiers not to follow orders that interfere with it. On march 15, Czar Nicholas II stepped …show more content…
Russia's problems were still unsolved, people still wanted to get out of WWI, have enough food, and land to live on(peace, land, bread was what Lenin used to help get supporters). A man named Vladimir Lenin led a group, called the Bolsheviks, to a powerful government position. He denounced the provisional government and blamed them for Russia's unsolved problems, and then people started demanding peace, land, and bread. Then the Bolsheviks ordered the military not to follow orders interfering with them. On February 6, the Bolsheviks started to occupy government buildings, overthrowing the rest of the government in a almost bloodless
February Revolution
The February Revolution started on March 8, or February 23 using the Julian calendar, which Russia did. On March 8, demonstrators stopped working in Petrograd (st. Petersburg) and demanded bread. By march 10, almost every worker in Petrograd stopped working. Factories started electing councils. On march 11, the Petrograd army garrison was sent in to restore order, but the demonstrators didn't budge, and the troops started to waver. On march 12 the soldiers defected and joined the demonstrators. When the last of the troops defected, the soldiers and workers formed the Petrograd Soviet(council). On March 14, the Petrograd Soviet ordered Russian soldiers not to follow orders that interfere with it. On march 15, Czar Nicholas II stepped …show more content…
Russia's problems were still unsolved, people still wanted to get out of WWI, have enough food, and land to live on(peace, land, bread was what Lenin used to help get supporters). A man named Vladimir Lenin led a group, called the Bolsheviks, to a powerful government position. He denounced the provisional government and blamed them for Russia's unsolved problems, and then people started demanding peace, land, and bread. Then the Bolsheviks ordered the military not to follow orders interfering with them. On February 6, the Bolsheviks started to occupy government buildings, overthrowing the rest of the government in a almost bloodless