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May 15, 2024 · The Russian Revolution, also called the Russian Revolution of 1917, comprised of two revolutions in 1917; the first of which, in February (March, New Style), overthrew the imperial government and the second of which, in October (November), placed the Bolsheviks in power. By 1917 the bond between the tsar and most of the Russian people had been ...
- Mary Brown
- 2017
May 10, 2024 · Russia’s disastrous performance in World War I was one of the primary causes of the Russian Revolution of 1917, which swept aside the Romanov dynasty and installed a government that was eager to end the fighting.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 23, 2024 · The February Revolution. Dissatisfaction with the government’s conduct of the war, coupled with economic hardships, led in late February 1917 (early March, New Style) to an outburst of popular fury. The revolt began with a mutiny of the Petrograd garrison, staffed by superannuated reservists; from them it spread to the industrial quarters.
- Roslyn Watson
- 2016
May 3, 2024 · What the Russian workers had begun in October 1917 by seizing power under the leadership of the Bolshevik party could only be conceived by Lenin as the beginning of the international revolution. Their victory could only be consolidated by the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism as a world system.
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May 8, 2024 · Menshevik, member of the non-Leninist wing of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party. The group split from the Leninists in 1903 when L. Martov rejected Lenin’s plan for a party restricted to professional revolutionaries and called for a mass party modelled after western European social democratic parties.
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May 10, 2024 · The Deepening of the Russian Revolution 1917 This is a good source for both online and print primary documents about the 1917 Revolution. One of the most engaging aspects of this site for student is the interactive parallel timelines for workers, peasants, soldiers and activists.
May 13, 2024 · Russia in War and Revolution, 1914-1922: A Documentary History by Jonathan Daly (Edited and Translated by); Leonid Trofimov (Edited and Translated by) Call Number: Online - Borrow - Internet Archive*. ISBN: 9780872209879. The Russian Civil War: Primary Sources by A.B. Murphy. Call Number: DK265 .A5255 2000.
