The immediate cause of the abdication of the was the March revolution of 1917‚ which largely took place in Petrograd. Starting on the 7th of May with workers striking at the Putilov steel works and ending on the 15th of May with Tsar Nicholas II’s abdication‚ these 9 days of protest were vital in causing the Tsar to abdicate. The first few days of the revolution saw workers demonstrating in the street for better wages and conditions. On the 8th of March‚ workers were joined by thousands of socialist
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Lenin‚ Stalin‚ and Trotsky were all very influential people to the life of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics‚ the USSR‚ and how it industrialized. In ways they improved the USSR by trying to industrialize it and increase agricultural production‚ but they also killed many people and used terror to gain obedience from their people. Lenin started the Red Terror that tried to destroy the monarchy and anti-Bolshevik groups to secure his power. Stalin caused a widespread famine because he focused
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How far was Lenin responsible for the Bolsheviks’ growing hold on power in the years 1917-1924? In 1917‚ the Bolsheviks gained power of Russia and were able to hold onto this growing power until 1924 and later. There are several factors that could be considered to be the reason as to why they were able to seize control. It could be said that Lenin was a significant factor due to his pragmatism and his use of terror‚ however it also could be said that other members of the Bolshevik party such as
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Russia decided to keep fighting‚ instead of backing out of the war. Leading to the Russian Revolution‚ where Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels’ ideology‚ communism‚ heavily impacted the Russian Revolution‚ leading to Russia becoming the Soviet Union. World War I left a large amount of damage to Russia’s economy and society. Leading to the czar abdicating the throne and Vladimir Lenin stepping up. After Lenin stepped up to power‚ he promised that he would get Russia out of the war‚ which he did using
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To what extent was Lenin crucial to the Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917? On 24th October 1917 the Lenin and the Bolsheviks led a revolution in Russia. The Bolshevik Red Guards led a revolution against the Provisional Government by seizing control of stations‚ telephone exchanges‚ post offices‚ the national bank and the Winter Palace in Petrograd. Now Lenin set about creating the world’s first communist state. Although he was a strong influence‚ he was not solely responsible for the outbreak
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does Right wing mean? 4. Label the political spectrum with opposition groups who were ‘Right wing’. How successful were Witte’s economic reforms? (Task: write two PEE paragraphs – one on his successes‚ and another on his failures). Causes of 1905 revolution (Task: add key details to each of the areas on the mind map). Reasons for survival of 1905 (Think about the reasons the Tsar survived 1905: loyalty of armed forces‚ lack of unity among revolutionaries‚ October manifesto‚ Black hundreds. Rank the
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what the world would be like if he had not been there. If Vladimir Lenin had not been born‚ there would be no Cold War‚ no Soviet Union and Russia might still be ruled by a Tsar. However‚ Lenin was not simply a catalyst in the many changes Russia faced; he was a most volatile reactant in the chemistry of Russian and world politics. Breaking the barrier between attaining both economic success and political achievement‚ Vladimir Lenin almost singlehandedly ended the Tsardom and brought the socialist
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Lenin Lenin and his principals are the subject of a huge historiographical debate. The controversy surrounding Lenin’s pragmatism in the face of social‚ political and economic instability begs the question: did Lenin compromise his principals in the race for survival? It is astonishing that surrounded by the turmoil that was Russia in the early 20th century Lenin actually survived for so long. During the years of 1917-18 he encountered food shortages‚ war and a vast amount of strikes. In 1921
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The year 1917 saw Russia partake in two revolutions; each played a significantly important role in the progression of world history. The first revolution in February overthrew the monarchy. It was commonly known as the ’February Revolution’. The February Revolution involved a series of uprisings by workers and peasants throughout the country and by soldiers‚ who were predominantly of peasant origin‚ in the Russian army. Councils known as ’Soviets’ led many of the uprisings; ultimately‚ they led to
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Why did the Revolution occur in Russia in 1917? The Russian Revolution of 1917 occurred for a number of different reasons‚ all of which are strongly tied up with the Romanov family. For one‚ the people of the Russian Empire felt exploited due to a series of political‚ social and economic grievances. Also‚ it was widely thought that the Tsar‚ Nicholas Romanov II‚ was unfit to rule his people. Finally‚ with the onset of World War 1 (WW1) and the crippling impacts that it had on the lower classes
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