Russian Revolution

Through learning about the French and the Russian Revolutions, it is proved that these revolutions shared many similarities when it comes to phases and characteristics of the revolutions themselves. The pre-revolutionary French government, similar to the Russian, was an absolute monarchy. Which means that the King shares the power with no one else beside himself and God. The Estate-General was one major cause of the French Revolution. The people of the French society were broken up into three…

When the first World War started, it impacted Russia and the Russian revolution greatly. On the one hand, it once again renewed a sense of nationalism in the country, temporarily stalling the revolution, but it also helped the movement because the war brought a collapse of the economy, made the lower class intolerant of their mistreatment, and discredited the tsar. Because all the men were leaving to fight in the war, abandoning their work and agriculture, the country’s working force sagged, the…

when the people of Russia started getting ideas on ways to solve this power inequality. On man who had an idea was Vladimir Lenin. The idea that he had wasn’t initially his, it was established by a man named Karl Marx who had died long before the revolution. The idea was of communism or Marxism, in which everyone is essentially equal. At the time when…

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…

“To what extent did World War 1 contribute to the Russian Revolution?” In 1914 the ‘Great War’ began, there were many nations who were involved in the conflict, such as Germany, England, Ottoman Empire, and the most backwards country out of them, Russia. During World War 1, most of the countries involved were democratic and their people had basic human rights. Russia was two centuries behind the rest of the world because of its absolute monarchy who refused to make concessions for the population…

The novel Animal Farm by George Orwell is an allegory to the Russian Revolution. There are many situations that allude to events that occurred in the revolution. One example of this is Napoleon's plan for the windmill representing Joseph Stalin's five year plans. Its representation in Animal Farm was well done, and while it was missing some aspects, it overall did a sufficient job at portraying this event in history. After Vladimir Lenin died, Joseph Stalin came to power, despite Leon Trotsky…

in Russia and then to revolution in 1917? What main factors lead to the uprising in Russia and then to revolution in 1917? There were two revolutions in Russia in the year of 1917, but the main focus was on the revolution in February, 1917. The revolution starred on the 22nd of February, 1917 with a large protest against the low wages . Throughout the revolution the Duma and Tsar Nicholas started to lose power of the people and their own loyal soldiers and the revolution ended on the 27th…

Russia’s industrial revolution was later than most because the agricultural techniques used in the mid nineteenth century had not changed since the medieval period. Farmers still left a third of their land lie uncultivated so that it would recharge its supply of nitrogen. Without a strong agricultural footing industrialization was impossible. In the latter half of the nineteenth century, the modern agricultural techniques came into common practice. Legumes were planted on land that once would…

The chief cause of the Russian Revolution was Czar Nicholas II’s inability to run the government properly. There were plenty of circumstances that brought about the Russian Revolution. A few examples would be the bad economy, corruption within the government, and the Czar doing whatever suits himself (“Russian Revolution” History.com). With theses events, there was a loss in morale in citizens all across Russia. The citizens also lost hope in the government and the Czar. These events lead to an…

Lenin, Monsenguir the Marquis, Rasputin, Nick II, and Alexander III are sitting around. There is a banner that say Revolution conference. King Louie 16th starts the conversation,) King Louis 16: (Tapping his glass) Everybody, we are here today to talk about the Social contract and to discuss the guidelines to be a citizen because both the French revolution and the Russian revolution were both affected by it greatly. Rasputin: (Standing up) Can I talk first, I had total control over all of…