The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution started in 1917 and ended in 1918. It was the first time a nation adopted communism as its political and economic system. The Russian people were tired of fighting and dying during WW I. As a result it had weakened there government and economy. World War I created conditions in Russia that helped trigger a revolution. The effects of the revolution were changing the nature of society in the Russian Empire. The Russians weren’t satisfied and were dejected so they decided to have a revolution. A major problem of the October and November revolution was that they were starving and loosing the battle. Czar Nicholas II brought Russia to World War I. As time went by people started to dislike him and wanted him out of there territory. The negative aspects of the revolution were food shortages, population decrease, and peasants had very high population. Workers and peasants revolted against the landlords and factory owners. The people from Russia were tired of there government and wanted a new one. Lenin, the leader of the Bolsheviks was inspired by Carl Marx and his belief in communism. He was able to spread it through out Russia. The people were now embraced with the ideas of communism. He encouraged a revolt against landlords and factory owners. One thing that he and the Bolshevik party came up with was "Peace, Land and Bread”. He was a great leader that promised them these things. There were two revolutions the October and November revolutions. The February revolution was when the Russian people removed Czar Nicholas II. The October revolution was led by Vladimir Lenin whose ideas were similar to Karl Marxs. Lenin was able to spread the ideas of communism. Communism was able to last in Russia from 1917 - 1989. The Soviet Union was established; they got rid of the Democratic system, and set up dictatorship in the country.