The Russian revolution was a major crisis that occurred back in 1917. this outcome was caused by the 80- 95% of people that lived in poverty. This poverty caused the numbers of educated society to become extremely furious with the tsarist government. With that‚ the minority that lived in Russia began to call for a voice in the government. Some were so determined by the peasant poverty population that they became socialists. The socialist wanted to overthrow the tsar and create small groups‚ where
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History Revolutions Exam Notes: RUSSIAN REVOLUTION Emily Spiezia UNIT 3 & 4 2012 Emily Spiezia 12Green 2012 Exam Notes LIFE UNDER TSARISM • "The Russian working class is burdened by a double yoke; it is....... robbed by the capitalists and landlords‚ and to prevent
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The failed revolution of 1905 was perhaps the most obvious example to demonstrate that the revolution of 1917 was not caused by WWI‚ because the desire to rebel was fully entrenched in society by 1905. The disturbance was cause by real problems and concerns such as hunger and human rights violation‚ exacerbated by revolutionaries‚ and was unsuccessful because the real problems of the agrarian and industrial sectors did not peak at the same time. Postcards commemorating the event‚ particularly Bloody
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Both Mexico and Russia faced social unrest in the lower classes in the early 1900’s‚ which resulted in revolts. Besides the two most common‚ land redistribution and unsuccessful social reforms‚ the growing inequality gap between the rich and poor‚ along with unfair labor laws played a critical element in the success of these revolts. Both revolutions share the same common characteristics of the goal to improve conditions for the working‚ lower class. Education would have certainly played a vital
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the outbreak of revolution? When comparing the French Revolution of 1789 and Russian October Revolution of 1917‚ a series of parallels become evident. Both revolutionary groups became determined with an extensive emergence of new ideas‚ which captured a strong majority of the respective populations. The importance of the ideas was critical to maintaining a drive for the revolutions considering they acted as a manifestation of what the public and the politicians wanted for change. The primary ideas
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During the 19th century‚ many changes/continuities occurred throughout Russia. For example changes in the political‚ social and economic states. These changes impacted Russia in a good or bad‚ for example causing riots and protests in the economy or stabilizing the economy. And some changes were either successful or not. In 1905 the Russian Revolution took over Russia with political riots. The cause of the Russian revolution was the State Duma which was introduced in 1906. The State Duma is
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China and Russia had various similarities and differences during the early 20th century. They were different in the aspect of goals as Russia was highly concerned in making everyone literate to experience the works of Marx‚ Lenin and Stalin personally while neither the Chinese communist party nor the Kuomintang cared much about literacy for the masses. Another differences was the characterization of the Russian revolution by World war 1 leading to the revolt against a ruling Tsar while China‚ was
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The Russian revolution was a series of events that changed the political and social way of life that had been in place in Russia for a long time. It all started in March of 1917 when the police found resistance from hungry protestors in the Russian capital of Petrograd. The protest became violent when the people formed mobs and destroyed several police stations. After many deadly confrontations‚ the resistance became victorious when much of the military defected and joined the cause. Ruler Czar
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French and Russian Revolutions The French and the Russian revolution both occurred mainly due to two main reasons. Both of these revolutions were the direct results of bad leadership and a bad economy. These two reasons along with other factors caused both of these revolutions. Although they were both similar‚ they also had differences. A difference between the two is that the Russians had an unsuccessful "pre-revolution" in 1905. Another difference between these two revolutions is the fact
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creation of a revolutionary government was voted on and passed by an overwhelming margin. The Russian revolution of 1917 saw the overthrow of the tsarist autocracy in February and the seizure of power by the Bolshevik party in October.The Bolsheviks proceeded to establish the world’s first Communist state on a territory covering one-sixth of the globe. A series of events and ideas led to the October revolution‚ each significant in its own capacity. The abolition of serfdom in 1861‚ under Alexander
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