The Bolshevik-Menshevic Revolution: An Analysis

We often wonder what makes and breaks an organization. Competition? Lack of Innovation? Lack of Resources? Through historical analysis, it is fair to say that motivated people and great leadership is what makes any group successful, be it a business or a country.
Russian peoples have believed that their goal as a community is to work to make Russia the best country in the world and a role model for foreign territories, having already achieved the title of the third largest empire in history. Russian peoples have never been considered bourgeois, in fact, they despised people that showed materialistic, money-oriented characters. The traditional thought was that immense wealth cannot be attained using honest methods. This attitude has been
Nobleman lived happy, wealthy lives, while factory workers and peasants worked 12 to 14-hour days in horrible health and safety conditions, unable to feed their families(Cliffnotes). Matters made worse during the 1st World War, when in the fall of 1916, the fields of battles start to see tanks in large quantities from the Great Britain, France and United States. The Russian Empire fought by foot and died by foot- two regiments were destroyed by one flame in the battle of Peremyshl (Pyhalov 15). Furthermore, the czar completely lost his reputation after he ignored and used force against rioters, ultimately giving up his post to his wife and joining the army, while his wife gave unprecedented power to a peasant, Rasputin, who claimed to be able to save her son, Alexei, from hemophilia(Biography). The empire was collapsing. The tzar had not
In mid 1990’s 30 million people were involved in the shuttle trade, providing 75% of consumer goods in the market, where 80% of the traders were women ( Mukhina pg4). Shuttle trade brought a new reality to the society, opening the borders and mistaking innovations abroad for figments of imagination. “When I was small, I was so excited to see grandma at home. She would bring me beautiful, colourful clothes from Poland and I would be the coolest girl at school.” (Virghinia). “When someone’s parents would bring gum from abroad, we would all gather up as a group and try it. One piece of gum chewed by 5 teens. Today it’s absolutely gross, then we were so felicitous”(Stas). Fundamentally, a miniature product, that was enjoyed by Americans in the 90s brought unbearing personal happiness and utter disappointment in the current system. Consequently, the Soviet Union’s cohesion weakened due to the enfeebling of its perceived image as a