Wednesday, January 13, 2010

The Russian Revolution

Why did the Russians have a revolution?
They were all plays for power and change of government. This was a growth of an unhappy people as the monarchy declined over the time. They were generally viewed as an extrem group and had very little popular support when they began serious efforts in April 1917.
What are some of the major causes of the revolution?
One cause of the French revolution was that the French royalty/nobility of the abhorent condition of the citizens. The citizens eventually became so tired of this that they revolted. Czar Alexander II began in 1855 when Russia was defeated by Britain, France and Piedmont in the Crimean War. He thought that the chief reason for Russian defeat was her backward economic and social system.
What was the Revolution all about?
It removed Russia from the war and brought about the transformation of the Russian Empire into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , replacing Russia’s traditional monarchy with the world’s first Communist state.

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