In 1914 the ‘Great War’ began, there were several nations who were involved in the conflict, such as Germany, England, Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the most backwards nation out of them, Russia. Russia was two centuries behind the rest of the world because of its absolute monarchy and the issues that they had to deal with, as (SparkNotes Editors, 2009) state that Russia only developed their industry to a limited amount. At the time of World War 1 Russia was dealing with revolutionary groups such as the Bolsheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries. During World War 1 there were several issues in the home front for Russia, for example there was mass poverty, little food supplies, and dislocation of transportation railways. A main issue outside of the home front for Russia was that their Army were leaded
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During World War 1 the Bolsheviks had growing support in the two major cities, Petrograd (formerly St. Petersburg) and Moscow. Due to the growing support the Bolsheviks also had support of the army so revolution was less complicated to execute. The two major leaders during 1917 were Lenin and Trotsky. Lenin created intelligent and methodical planning for the takeover of Petrograd and Moscow, while Trotsky headed the Revolutionary Military Committee and commissar of foreign affairs. The October Revolution was executed very well and in fact did not have very much action in revolution itself, the Bolsheviks took over key government buildings without any resistance. Bessie Beatty wrote about how the Bolsheviks took over the Winter Palace on 25th October, 1917, in her book, The Red Heart of Russia.
“Nobody seemed to know what had happened. The Battalion of Death had walked out in the night, without firing so much as a single shot. Each floor was crowded with soldiers and Red Guards, who went from room to room, searching for arms, and arresting officers suspected of anti-Bolshevik
During World War 1 the Bolsheviks had growing support in the two major cities, Petrograd (formerly St. Petersburg) and Moscow. Due to the growing support the Bolsheviks also had support of the army so revolution was less complicated to execute. The two major leaders during 1917 were Lenin and Trotsky. Lenin created intelligent and methodical planning for the takeover of Petrograd and Moscow, while Trotsky headed the Revolutionary Military Committee and commissar of foreign affairs. The October Revolution was executed very well and in fact did not have very much action in revolution itself, the Bolsheviks took over key government buildings without any resistance. Bessie Beatty wrote about how the Bolsheviks took over the Winter Palace on 25th October, 1917, in her book, The Red Heart of Russia.
“Nobody seemed to know what had happened. The Battalion of Death had walked out in the night, without firing so much as a single shot. Each floor was crowded with soldiers and Red Guards, who went from room to room, searching for arms, and arresting officers suspected of anti-Bolshevik