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Russian Revolution - what was it and why did it happen?. That is the subject of the blog. The Russian Revolution was actually a series of revolutions in Russia during 1917. They eventually led to the overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II and the formation of a Communist regime. We need to understand that the Russian Revolution did not happen overnight. It was preceded by years of civil unrest. Let us go to the blog and read about some events that laid the groundwork for the 1917 Russian Revolution.
MAXIM GORKY These words
are one of the characters in the book 'MOTHER
‘Written by the famous Russian author Maxim
Gorky. The tragedy of Russian workers farmers and their intentions are
reflected in the book. That we can see
this in Russian society. Their demands are
ü Destroy
the private property system
ü Everyone
must work.
CAUSES OF REVOLUTION What are the factors that encouraged them to demand the
above factors. Farmers and factory workers in Russia are living a miserable
life under totalitarian regimes of the Tsarist rulers, who ruled Russia.
Agricultural production was very low.So the farmer's income is also low. Landless
farmers had to pay high taxes. Russia was rich in natural resources, but its
industrial production was low. The majority of the industries are controlled by
foreigners.
BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN A silent film
directed by Sergey Eisenstein based on the events of the Russian Tsarist empire.This film is a political rebellion of unsatisfied sailors of the Potemkin warship.
TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD is famous work of JOHN REED is also a film, directed by SergyEisteien
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL THINKERS Authors like Maxim Gorky, Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, and Anton Chekov
expressed the grief of workers and farmers in their writings. The ideologies of
Marx and Engels and their works inspired the workers. They advised workers for
establishing the supremacy of workers instead of that by capitalists. The root of
the theory states social change is supported in the existing mode of production That is bourgeoisie or capitalist and proletariat or workers. A struggle between social classes. A class-less society. Replacing private
ownership into cooperative ownership. Toil is the most important feature of the product.
Based on the Marxist principles they formed a new party called SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC WORKERS PARTY. Later
this party was divided into Mensheviks (minority)
and Bolsheviks (majority). Bolshevik leaders were Lenin as well as Trotsky. Alexander
Kerensky led the Mensheviks group.
Russia-Japan war in 1905. Russia
was defeated in the Russian-Japan war in 1905. The crisis reached worse in
Russia. The workers demanded political rights and economic changes. The workers
organized a large march at Petrograd in9
January 1905. The soldiers fired the march and many workers died on the march.
This event is known as BLOODY SUNDAY.
The workers union in Russia is known as SOVIET.
The Soviets were built all over Russia to carry on strikes. When the strikes
became big power, the emperor was compelled to form a new Legislative assembly called
DUMA.
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. NICHOLAS 11 &FIRST WORLD WAR Ignoring a protest from Duma, Nicholas II, the emperor decided to take
part in the First World War in 1914.
A large number of Russian soldiers were
killed in this battle. Food shortages become very severe at that time. Thousands
of women marched on the streets of Petrograd crying for food.The soldiers and workers become clashes
. Later they joined to the workers.
FEBRUARY REVOLUTION It was a painful experience during World War I that they urged them to do so. Workers captured Petrograd and Nicholas II were thrown out from power. A provisional government was organized under Alexander Kerensky, Menshevik leader. Since the Russian calendar was a few days back international calendar, this revolution took place in March but known as February Revolution. The Soviets did not allow the provisional government. Vladimir
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Lenin, who was in Switzerland, he came to Russia and strongly resisted the provisional government. He objected that all power must be transferred to the Soviets if they could understand the goals of change. Bolsheviks and the Soviets supported him. They only spread that a labor government (workers) can only eradicate centuries-old economic downturns and inequalities .They demanded
v Withdrew
Russia from the First World War.
v Take
the lands from land lords and divide them to
farmers.
v Making factories into public property.
OCTOBER REVOLUTION The Bolsheviks group organized a rebellion
against the present government. Kerensky fled from the country and Russia came
under Bolshevik rule. This event, in which the Bolsheviks gained power, is known as the October Revolution (In
October 1917, according to the Russian Calendar). Later a Soviet conference
was held and the new cabinet was organized. Lenin
was the head.
RESULTS OF REVOLUTION Let us examine the results of the Russian Revolution.
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Russia withdrew from the First World War
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They dispossess the land and divide it among the
farmers
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Give priority to the public sector
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Introduces centralized planning
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Achievements are progressing in the field of
Science, Technology, and Economics.
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The new constitution came into force in 1924.
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The Union of the Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR)
was formed by a consolidation of different Soviet Republics.
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Spread Socialist ideas around the world.
The Russian Revolution paved the way for the
development of communism as a
world-class political movement. It set the stage for the growth of the Soviet
Union as a world power that would directly face the United States during the
Cold War. It contributed too many things such as communism, socialism,
democracy, economics, imperialism, nationalism, and most importantly the
fragmentation of the world. First of all, Russia was the first country to
establish a Communist government,
and communism spread throughout the world.
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