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    having separate causes and repercussions, and all having an effect on national or global history. Through extensive research, one uprising stood out to me, The Russian Revolution. The politics and ideas of imperial Russia have long fascinated me, and I’ve always wanted to dig deeper into the rich history of the once glorious empire. Since the Russian Revolution had a massive effect on the world in the 1900s, I believed the revolt would be more than ideal in showcasing the theme of, taking a…

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    government. Eight months after the first revolution, a second revolution took place where Bolsheviks was brought to power. During this period, many groups of people in the Russian community sought justice and freedom. Reasons for the Revolutions Revolutions between 1917 and 1932 were greatly influenced by political issues that faced Russian citizens. The citizens belonged to an estate system that did not create provision for new social groups. Estate system composed of peasants, clergy, noble…

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    The Russian Revolution of 1917 has been interpreted by various historiographical positions regarding the causation and overall inevitability of the revolution. While the theory of deepening revolution, theorized by Crane Britton which suggests that the Russian revolution followed a determinist state of events leading towards a new governmental ideology, is a possible explanation for the events in 1917, the historiographical position which best explains the inevitability of the Russian revolution…

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    of the Russian Revolution due to the parallelism between characters and historical events. Orwell’s goal in writing Animal farm was to illustrate an ruthless, totalitarian government during the Russian Revolution of 1917. In the novel “Animal Farm”, Manor farm represents the setting of the revolution in Russia. The main characters from the novel were leaders such as Napoleon, Snowball, Mr. Jones and Old Major, which represents the authoritative figures during the Revolution. The Russian…

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    French Revolution 1789 and the Russian (Bolshevik) Revolution 1917. Revolution is defined as repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed. The principles and governmental hierarchy established in these revolutions have served as the basis in modern society allowing today’s society to enjoy fundamental and natural rights. These revolutions eradicated the obsolete system of monarchs…

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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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    second the last Russian leader,czar. Months later the provisional government was itself overthrown by the more radical Russian Bolshevik party led by Vladimir Lenin. From the beginning in 1917 most Russian citizens had lost faith and national pride in the leadership ability of Czar Nicholas the second. The government corruption and unjustness was rampant. The Russian economy remained unstable and backwards due to Nicholas repeatedly dissolving the Duma. The first phase of the Russian…

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    especially with turkey. The cause for this war was due to religion the Russians wanted control of access to the religious holy sites which caused tension between catholic France and orthodox Russian. Then began the rioting of Bethlehem which was in 1853 a number of orthodox monks were killed during a fight against French monks. The general of Russia Tsar blamed the Turks for these deaths. Then Russia started war with turkey the Russian army crossed the river Pruth into Moldavia. Then, on…

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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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    influential 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…

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