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    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…

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    Revolutions often bring major change to a country, including its government and it’s people. Revolutions are usually started by the people to rebel against the current powers and have the objective to replace it with a different kind of government. Today, I will be talking about the revolutions of Russia, Italy and China; I will compare all three revolutions in those countries and also show their differences. It’s 1917 in Russia, WWI is in its last couple years and has suffered The Russian…

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    figures of the 20th century, who forever changed the course of Russian history, was Russian communist revolutionary Vladmir Ilyich Lenin. Lenin was born on April 22, 1870 originally in Simbirsk, Russia where he was raised into a middle class family. Later in his life, when he studied law, he became greatly influenced by Marxist socialism. This was one of the major political stepping stones that led to his great role in the Russian Revolution. Being born into the middle-class, his family was…

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    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 estimate, every 1 of out 3 Russian soldiers was sent to…

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    The Russian Revolution of 1917 fascinated the entire world. For many years, Czar Nicholas II had a growing amount of dissatisfaction among his subjects. Russia was blighted with several different issues that developed out of the control of Nicholas II and by the time he attempted to create any reform, the damage was too substantial to be affected. One of the largest problems was the droughts that plagued the people. These droughts were often regular due to the climate, however, were particularly…

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    French Revolution of the late 18th century and the Russian Revolution of the early 20th century share a few similarities. Both countries had a monarchy with a ruler that could not properly assist his people, specifically the classes that were heavily taxed on. However, Russia had a pre-revolution in 1905 to express to Tsar Nicholas II the dissatisfaction his people had with his leadership. Both revolutions were successful in overthrowing the monarchy, however, the years after the revolution…

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    The rebellion started due to many reasons in Animal Farm such did the Russian Revolution but both trace back to one person, Jones and Tsar Nicholas II. In Animal Farm, Jones as it seems finds himself in the same shoes as the Tsar at the time of his reign, this includes having to face the rebellion and both shared the trait of being a bad leader and neglecting their citizens. The life of Tsar Nicholas II was very different to those in the working class, he lived a life of wealth in the Grand…

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    Russian Revolution Writing Assignment Within the year of 1917, two revolutions took place in the country of Russia. The two revolutions were known as the February Revolution and the October Revolution. The first revolution happened in February of 1917, the Autocracy that was ruling Russia was overthrown and a provisional government was put in its place. The Second revolution happened in October 1917, the provisional government was overthrown and dismantled by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks…

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    December 2015 Russian Revolution vs. American Revolution The Russian and American Revolutions were wars where people revolted in order to get what they wanted. The Russian’s had just got out of World War I and was struggling, especially from hunger. The American Revolution took place in order to try and get independence from England, who was holding them back from gaining their freedom and becoming their own nation, like they first came over to be. The Russian Revolution and American Revolution…

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    Revolutions are big changes regarding political power or government that occurs when people starts to revolt against their authorities. In the late 1700s and early 1900s, both France and Russia had some troubles with their government that some what triggered the beginning of their revolutions. In this paper, I will argue that there are more similarities than differences when it comes to the causes of both French and Russian Revolution. Both revolutions were triggered by previous events that…

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