Russian Revolution
The roots of the of 1917 were deep. Russia had suffered under an extremely oppressive form of government for centuries under the rule of the czars. During the 19th century the nation was filled with movements for political liberalization.
In the long run there were several revolutions, not one. The first rebellion, known as the Decembrist uprising, took place in December 1825. Members of the upper classes, including many former soldiers, staged a revolt after the death of Alexander I. The revolt failed, but it provided an inspiration to succeeding generations of dissidents.
The next revolution took place in 1905, after the Russo-Japanese War, which Russia lost. It appeared briefly that ...
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the installation of a provisional government. The leader of this government was Alexander Kerensky, who was eventually forced from power. (He later immigrated to the United States.)
The last revolution took place in November of the same year. (Because the date was in October on the old Russian calendar, it is usually called the October, or Octobrist, Revolution.) It brought to power the Bolshevik wing of the Communist party, led by Lenin. The Bolsheviks established the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics under the dictatorship of the Communist party. In the end Lenin and his followers established a regime that was more rigidly tyrannical than that of any czar.
First Revolution of 1917
Czar Nicholas had taken command of armies in the field in the fall of 1915. This left a power vacuum in St. Petersburg, the capital. The collapse of the government suddenly came in March (February, old calendar) 1917. Food riots, strikes, and war protests turned into mass demonstrations. The army ...
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led by Lenin, undermined the war effort with propaganda among the soldiers. The government attempted to take action against Lenin, but he went into hiding in Finland. Kerensky tried to reinforce his authority by calling a state conference in Moscow. The Bolsheviks were not represented, but the conference was so divided that it could achieve nothing. A conservative revolt led by Gen. Lavr G. Kornilov was put down.
This failed revolt was a turning point in the revolution. It became clear that there were not two, but three, opposing forces in the government: the conservatives, the social democrats, and Lenin's followers. To Kornilov, the enemy was socialism, personified by ...
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