October Revolution

On October 1917, the Bolshevik party seized control over the Winter Palace in Petrograd without firing a single shot. They had been in search of this opportunity for several years. As the opportunity arose, the Bolshevik party arose with the power of giving in to the needs of the people by taking advantage of the provisional government. The Bolsheviks ability to take advantage of the provisional government enable them to take control over Russia. Although, the Bolshevik party was able to take…

At the Second Congress of the Russian Democratic Labor Party, it was agreed upon that Russia was in need of a revolution as the workers and peasants of the country were becoming dissatisfied with the Czar and the government. The end goal of the revolution was to be socialism. However, Congress split into two parties: the Bolsheviks (the majority) and the Mensheviks (the minority). The main disagreements revolved around party membership, with the Mensheviks arguing for a broad-based membership…

As any American teen that has been exposed to pop culture or any form of political media knows, Communism is the root of all evil. Many people would laugh at that statement while also acknowledging that there is some truth to that – at least in America –. The very fact that it 's this widely understood notion that teens do not even question it says something about its depth in American history. So, it’s time to understand Communism and its impact on American society and politics. However, since…

One of the many problems Russia had that led to the eventual outbreak of the Russian Revolution and the creation of the Communist Party was that they had a lot of economic issues. These economic issues troubled Russia before, during and after World War One. Russia 's army was ill- equipped. Russia did not have strong munitions industry and supplies couldn 't be shipped by the allies. Troops frequently ran out of weapons and had to wait for someone to be killed or injured to get weapons. On…

In 1917 Russia experienced a revolution that was one of the most prosperous political events of the twentieth century. With this revolution came the end of Russian Imperial rule. Vladimir Lenin, a revolutionary leader obtained control of Russia and eliminated the typical Czar rule. The Bolsheviks, a part of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers' Party, which was led by Lenin, seized control of the government in Russia in October 1917, and became the dominant political power. The Bolsheviks later…

WWI erupts and Russia has a series of defeats that causes its people to be displeased with Tsar Nicholas (Wade, XIII). Tsar Nicholas II was forced to step down after the February Revolution (Barnes, n. pag.). The Duma Committee and Petrograd Soviet leaders announce the new government called the “Provisional Government” (Merriman & Winter, n. pag.). The new “Provisional Government” consisted of liberals, moderate socialists, and radical left socialists (Merriman & Winter, n. pag.). The liberals…

The Russian Revolution was a series of events that destroyed the Tsarist autocracy, and created the Soviet Union. Many of the events that lead to this were such as the February revolution, the October revolution and the Russian Civil War. These three revolutions took place between March 8, 1917 and October 1922. The Russian revolution made a huge impact on many countries around the world as Russia began a new era under the Soviet Union. The first revolution that took place in Russia was the…

the liquidation of dual power by means of the transfer of power to the socialist Soviets and create a Bolshevik Soviet government. ‘It is the duty of the revolution [October] to put an end to compromise, which means taking the path of the socialist revolution’ - Vladimir Lenin 1917 However, once in power after the October Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, Lenin became a repressive dictator, who took all power to himself as opposed to the Soviets. At first, Lenin gave the Russian people the right…

Petersburg has been involved with several major events. The first event is the Russian Revolution of 1905. For a few years before 1905, various social unions protested Russia’s political and social systems, especially in favor for a republic or assembly. However, this resulted in the slaughter of peaceful protesters in the square nearby Winter…

The Animal Farm and Russian Revolution have many similarities. George Orwell based the Animal farm on the Russian Revolution. Animal Farm and Russian Revolution were both brutal and had a ended to it. This paper will show how George Orwell based Animal Farm on the Russian Revolution. An overview of the Russian Revolution of 1917, two revolutions, the first of which, in February [March, New Style], overthrew the imperial government and the second of which, in October [November], placed the…