Vladimir Lenin read the writing of Karl Marx which inspired him to declare himself a Marxist. After participating in Marxist activities, he was exiled to Siberia. When he returned from exile, Lenin and others co-founded a newspaper, Iskra, and Lenin progressed his leadership role in revolutionary movement by arguing for a slick party leadership community that would manage a network of lower party organizations and their workers. Citizens began to vocalize their discontent which allowed Lenin’s call to be supported. The emperor issued his October Manifesto to appease his citizens, but Lenin was unsatisfied. Lenin went into exile again during World War 1 and returned home in 1917 when Russia deposed the tsars. He launched the October Revolution which was followed by three years of civil war. He pushed to secured power through the Red Terror, a campaign Lenin operated to eliminate the civilian’s opposition. Even though he came out victorious, his vision of the country never came to fruition.
In March 1917, Kerensky was chosen to be the Minister of Justice in the Provisional Government. He was promoted to Minister of War in
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He was exiled because he was involved with Marxist activities. He was exiled to Siberia and his exile lasted for three years.
Russia is declared as a Republic by the provisional government. This allowed the founding of a new government Directorate. Russia ends its participation in World War 1 by signing a treaty with the Central Powers in Brest- Litovsk. Russia fought alongside France and Britain to deal heavy damages against Germany in World War 1. In the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Russia agreed to lose much of its former territory, a third of its population, and a majority of its oil, coal, and iron stores along with its industry.
Tsar Nicholas 11 and his family were executed by the Bolsheviks in Yekaterinburg. This ended the three-century-old Romanov dynasty. They were shot to death in a hail of
Nicholas II was extremely strict when it came to his government and as a result forbade any form of democracy in Russia and imposed absolute autocracy on all the citizens. His domestic policy was so strict political parties were illegal to form and he even made the Okhrana, a secret police that arrested and imprisoned any political critics, rebels, or those who voiced a negative opinion against the Russian autocracy. As a result, the citizens, especially those of lower class, despised the government and would often attempt to revolt. However, since the revolts were unorganized and ineffective, Nicholas II was able to end them very swiftly. After the defeat in the Russo-Japanese War in 1905, Russia suffered extreme humiliation as well as economic decline.
The effort of the government and the growing middle class led to a growing problem with public health and housing for lower class. So another problem occurred for the lower class to have better health and housing and to help them afford it. 76. Treaties and alliances led to World War I
He ended up resorting to “war communism” during the Russian Civil War, and the Bolsheviks needed to quickly produce goods. When the war was over, Lenin became sick and Trotsky began ruling after him. Trotsky took the role of controlling the corrective measures
A Bolshevik was a member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party. He was then replaced by Vladimir Lenin who then took power and ruled the country. So, What
Kerensky oversaw the July Offensive, which was largely a failure and caused a collapse in the Russian Army. They basically backed out of the war during 1917 because of their own problems in the country of Russia. From panic to overthrow and rebellion it was enough to make them back out of the The Great
Russia’s involvement in WWI was not the sole reason for the Romanovs’ downfall, but it did contribute to it quite a bit. The fall of the Romanov dynasty was due to many key factors. The factors primarily leading up to their downfall include WWI, the Romanovs’ involvement with Grigori Rasputin, Tsar Nicholas II’s foolishness which is partially due to being thrust into a position of power without anyone to teach him how to rule a country, along with the people of Russia protesting for better living conditions and a better government system as Marxism and communism were becoming popularized. The war itself exposed how unprepared Russia’s forces were.
On October 24 - 25 the Bolshevik party led Russian workers and peasants to revolution, under the slogan of: "All power to the Soviets". On October 25 - 26, the Second All-Russia Congress of Soviets met and created the Soviet Government through the elections of a new Council of People's Commissars and Central Executive Committee. The new government resolved to begin construction on a Socialist society, but soon encountered extreme obstacles: while attempting to come to peace with all warring nations, only Germany agreed to peace (see the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk). When World War I ended, fresh off the battlefields of the Western Front, the Entente powers (US, UK, France, Japan, etc) invaded Russia from all directions, assisted by tsarist generals
Lenin was the answer to the Russian citizens’ prayers, and, as seen by this excerpt from one of his speeches, embodied the beliefs of the Russians at the
Lenin does not achieve his goals in establishing communism in the industrial sector and the agriculture reigns of the country. However he did achieve communism in the political sector of the country, in the form of war communism. At the end of WW1 the country was an economic disaster. People didn’t have the money to buy a loaf of bread to feed their families. There was no food for Lenin’s Red Army and with a civil war on his doorstep he needed to keep his troops strong and healthy.
Introduction Russian’s had gone through many problems during world war one. They were no longer military match to other nations. They lost many battles during Wworld Wwar one. Their economy was going bad because of the Ccivil Wwar occuring. Many events occured when the treaty of versailles was signed by russia.
Clearly, Revolution broke out on the streets of Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) and Nicholas was forced to abdicate his throne later that month in March 1917. Late on the night of July 16; Nicholas,
6). Even though important figures in the government did not join ranks with the Bolsheviks, many workers and soldiers began to support the Bolshevik party after the February Revolution when Vladimir Ilich Lenin protested for peace and insisted that Soviets, workers’ councils, should take authority and could improve the country. Months after the February Revolution, in October, the Bolsheviks officially ruled Russia, (Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica par. 4). After the October Revolution in 1917, As dictator, Lenin fought in a civil war against the White Army, an anti-Bolshevik force.
Lenin was credited with being the founder of the USSR. He ruled for two years and years and was considered more popular among the masses. He was known as a revolutionary and a father figure for the modern Soviet Union. Under his rule the standard or living rose for farmers and peasants and allowed peasants to hold on to their land and businesses to remain private. However, Lenin’s heavy handed oppressive rule greatly crippled his overall goal of constructing socialism in Russia.
Now some people would argue that Marx had his shot and that his system of government will never work. They would point to the failures of the Russian Revolution in 1917. However, I would argue that Lenin did not hold Marx’s ideals; instead he acted at his own self-interest and gave birth to a totalitarian state instead of following Marx and giving rise to a communism form of government. Vladimir Lenin founded the Russian Communist Party, lead the Bolshevik Revolution, and was know as the successor to Karl Marx’s works (Vladimir). Born on April 22, 1870, in Russia, Lenin had a mixed childhood growing up.
THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION ___________________________ 1. How could the Russian Revolution have been avoided? What factors could have been changed that might have stemmed the call for revolution? Or, was the Russian Revolution inevitable? Why?