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    The Russian Revolution of 1917, was a really remarkable moment in global history, but to understand this revolution you got to go back to 1905. The governmental system during this time was Absolute Monarchism ruled by Tsars. In this period, the Tsar was Nicholas ll, and the peasants and the working people were very unsatisfied with the way they were treated, because of that they made riots to protest for more food, better working conditions and a fair payment. On 1905 a priest together with a large

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    After years of violent wars in which Russia was almost always defeated, the climax of tension within the Russian state came to a peak in the year 1917. The series of wars came at the price of great discontent from the Russian citizens as the country 's economy and government began to drastically suffer. The wars, plus a coexisting population boom, was too much stress on the agricultural land available to the lower class for their farming, and many people began starving. The rise of the bourgeoisie

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    The Russian revolution was caused by its bad leadership, of its tsar Nicholas ii. Russia was going into World War 1 untrained and poorly equipped men. Farmers were being taken away to serve their country; with the farmers away food shortages began to put strain on the government. He was later effected the economy, land area (specifically where food was grown) and transport in and out of Russia. All of this lead up to the revolution of 1917.this was the dark times for Russia. World War 1 meant that

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    In 1905 a series demonstration, strikes and disorders were reported from all of the country, which originally stemmed from the way in which the government poorly handled the Putilov strike led by Father Gapon which resulted in the event known as Bloody Sunday. Arguably if the tsarist government had handled the Putilov strike more shrewdly the series of strikes, riots, assassinations naval mutinies and peasant outbreaks may not have ensued in the coming months, or with so army participating. The

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    Russia reborn The Russian Revolution can be argued, that it was started for many different reasons but i believe it was caused by three main reasons that happened in Russia during this period of time. The three reasons are, the involvement of Russia in WWI, the autocratic government, and the poverty/non-industrial economy and agriculture. In Document 1 it says “ Before the twentieth-century, 80%-95% of the population were poor peasants”. Since economic struggles were country wide and the people

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    The mess that causes the Russian Revolution The three cause of the Russian revolution was a long-term cause, short-term cause, and one in the middle. The long term cause was that the people of Russian were overwhelmed because of the population of the poor peasants. ‘'( between 1649-1861) the majority of those peasants were enserfed. They lived like slaves on land owned by noblemen.'' (doc.1) so the peasants were pretty much like slaves. There were more poor people who were farmers and they

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    Following the Russian revolution of 1905, continued oppression of the lower class, government corruption, and the initial strains of industrialization—such as urban overcrowding, long working hours, and abhorrent working conditions—cultivated an increasing distrust of the Russian Regime throughout the Empire. Once Russia entered World War I, the Russian economy rapidly deteriorated putting further stress on daily life.[1] Additionally, Russian citizens became increasingly angry as their military

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    The Russian Revolution is a series of political events that occurred during the years 1905 to 1924. The February Revolution, in which overthrew the imperial government and the October Revolution, placed the Bolsheviks in power (britannica.com). The Russian Revolution happened because of discontentment of with the tsar, poverty in Russia, and lack of control over the government. During the In January of 1905, protesters were protesting in front of the winter palace because of extreme poverty and starvation

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    French Revolution of 1789 and Russian Revolution of 1917 Despite the fact that French and Russian revolutions occurred over a century apart, both revolutions had two major similarities: poor economy and bad leadership. Poor economic conditions affected most strongly regular people who simply wanted justice and equality. As a result, both revolutions were sparked by the people’s desire to replace their autocracy governments. Although both revolutions had a lot in common, they had differences as

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    Russian Revolution The Russian people saw the structure of the Government as a crumbling disaster Nobles, Priests, Officials and, the Military were rulers and the governors of Russia that weren’t effected by the change that was happening. Russia was an enigma, it was feared because of its massive size, the Tsar was an Autocrat, which means no legal restrictions on the Tsar took place and no elections were represented. He supported the Nobles, as for the government it was small, inefficient, and

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