Russian Revolution

dedicated to overcoming. The Provisional Government had failed to address the land issue and because of that, “Most Russian peasants, numbering some twenty- three million, were still landless by the turn of the twentieth century, as most land remained in the hands of the rich landlords.” ("Peasants and Peasantry.") If one looks back in Russian history years prior to the revolution, it is immediately clear that the issue of land had been at the forefront of debate for peasants stemming all the…

the people lose faith in him, and therefore lose faith in the Tsarist regime, resulting in anarchy and revolution. Nicholas was unprepared for the difficult situation he was put in as Tsar, and he was totally unequipped to deal with it. Founder of Spartacus Educational and former history teacher John Simkin states, “Nicholas inherited from his ancestors not only a great empire, nut also a revolution. And they did not bequeath him one quality which would have made him capable of governing an…

“In general, Russia suffers from frightening poverty in the sphere of facts and a frightening wealth of all types of arguments.”(O) In the nineteenth century serf slaves plagued Russian country, one of these serfs included Anton's grandfather, as well as his father. In years prior to this time serfs had little to no money, and could barely make it through the week with the money they had. In addition, serfs had long extensive hours of labor. This effected Anton’s family up until a year prior to…

During the Russian Civil War (1918-1923) between the Red Army (Bolsheviks) and White Army (counter-revolutionaries), the Soviet Union experienced two vastly differing economies, both incredibly significant for the country. The earlier of the two economic policies - War Communism - was more of a purist’s communism, whereas the later reforms - the New Economic Policy - were a more socialist view on Russia’s economy, which the Bolsheviks were forced to impose due to loss of widespread public…

Socialist Revolutionaries, and Bolsheviks Mensheviks which were the Social Democratic Party. They were big and unstoppable so Tsar made a secret police called ‘Okhrana’. They were the spies who murdered and exiled the oppositions. A few years later, revolution finally happened and the Winter Palace got surrounded. On the Sunday 22 January 1905, a huge amount of protesters came to the Winter Palace to say their hopes to Tsar. But the only thing the soldiers did was to fire without any warning or…

to criticize the Russian Orthodox Church while others believe that it was criticizing the Vladimir Putin and the Russian government. Jeffrey Tayler, Leonid Storch, and Sergei Prozorov are among those people trying to solve what message Pussy Riot was really trying to send. Jeffrey Tayler is an American writer and Russian correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly. Soon after the Pussy Riot performance in 2012 he wrote an article that…

the 7th of September 1812 near the western side of Moscow. As a Russian artilleryman and a devoted soldier of the motherland, I witnessed how Napoleon had an intention to invade the Russian country with an aim of making the Russians to declare war. He wanted to show the Russians that the French were strong and that he would defeat the Russians in a decisive manner. This military strategy according to Napoleon would force the Russians to come to the peace table. According to my observation as a…

The Bolshevik Revolution was a time of chaos, betrayal and homicide in Russia. The Life of the royal family, the Romanovs, changed drastically. The people of Russia wanted to overthrow the monarchy. Tsar Nicholas II and his family were taken to a location in Yekaterinburg where they would be protected, nonetheless, on the night of July 17th, 1918 the family was assassinated by a group of rebels. After the assassination of Tsar Nicholas II and his family it was discovered that two of his…

a fan of the Soviet Union and its Socialist policies. He also did not consider the Soviet Union a positive representation of the possibilities of socialist societies. One of Orwell's goals in writing Animal Farm was to portray the Russian (or Bolshevik) Revolution of 1917 as one that resulted in a government more oppressive than the last. Thus the book is filled with allegories, and in this paper, three major allegories will be discussed more in-depth; Napoleon; Mr. Jones; and finally Boxer.…

In Russian history there were three great Tsars: Vladimir the Great, Peter the Great, and Catherine the Great. Only one of these greats is a female, making Catherine’s rise to greatness even greater. Catherine was born Sophie Friederike Auguste of Anhalt-Zerbst in the Baltic port of Stettin, Pomerania on May 2, 1729 (Rounding, 7). She was the daughter of a minor Prussian (Germanic) prince, Prince Christian August of Anhalt-Zerbst (Lichman, Corey). As a child, Sophie received little affection…