Russian Revolution Causes
The Russian Revolution was one of the most important revolutions in history. Just like the French people, Russians got tired of being treated unfairly by the Higher classes, and so decided to revolt against them. However unlike the French, they could not be satisfied, or entertained for long by a single revolution, reason why they did many revolts. Each time retreating at its middle, until they finally were annoyed and determined enough to overthrow the Government and change their lives as they knew it. Even so, that wasn’t the only cause of the Russian Revolution, along the many revolts came various relevant causes and events, but only few of them stood out, with such importance to today’s history of the causes for the Russian One of the
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By 1917, Russia was chaotic, the government had been thoroughly corrupted, strikes were rampant and all happening at once. The World War I had begun and Russia was having many casualties due to being ill - equipped against industrialized Germany, and amidst the countries it was the one to receive most damage. Due to the german attacks the Russian economy had been falling apart, and such a situation was only useful to the radicals, as they used it as an opportunity to join with the moderates among other forces, in order to overthrow the Czar and achieve their revolutionary goals. As time passed Russia’s situation only deteriorated, demonstrators and protestants took over the streets, the king’s armies killed many of them, but they still continued to attack full force. Then when an army took the protestants side, the tables flipped, Nicholas II, the Czar at the time was forced to abdicate his throne and so freed Russia of over four centuries of Czarist …show more content…
Though it happened in parts, the Revolution was incredibly important to the world’s course. There were many key events in the Russian Revolution, the ones that most stood out, were the “Bloody Sunday”, the “February Revolution” and the “October Revolution” also known as “October Manifesto” or “Bolshevik Revolution”. All those events led to Russia being a communist country. Some of the main historical figures in this battle being Vladimir Lenin, the Bolshevik leader, and Nicholas II, the last Russian Czar. The Russian Revolution was an irreplaceable event in history, that serves as an example to many world
By 1917, Russia was chaotic, the government had been thoroughly corrupted, strikes were rampant and all happening at once. The World War I had begun and Russia was having many casualties due to being ill - equipped against industrialized Germany, and amidst the countries it was the one to receive most damage. Due to the german attacks the Russian economy had been falling apart, and such a situation was only useful to the radicals, as they used it as an opportunity to join with the moderates among other forces, in order to overthrow the Czar and achieve their revolutionary goals. As time passed Russia’s situation only deteriorated, demonstrators and protestants took over the streets, the king’s armies killed many of them, but they still continued to attack full force. Then when an army took the protestants side, the tables flipped, Nicholas II, the Czar at the time was forced to abdicate his throne and so freed Russia of over four centuries of Czarist …show more content…
Though it happened in parts, the Revolution was incredibly important to the world’s course. There were many key events in the Russian Revolution, the ones that most stood out, were the “Bloody Sunday”, the “February Revolution” and the “October Revolution” also known as “October Manifesto” or “Bolshevik Revolution”. All those events led to Russia being a communist country. Some of the main historical figures in this battle being Vladimir Lenin, the Bolshevik leader, and Nicholas II, the last Russian Czar. The Russian Revolution was an irreplaceable event in history, that serves as an example to many world