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Bolshevik, member of a wing of the Russian Social-Democratic Workers’ Party, which, led by Vladimir Lenin, seized control of the government in Russia (October 1917) and became the dominant political power. The group originated at the party’s second congress (1903) when Lenin’s followers, insisting that party membership be restricted to ...
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Menshevik, member of the non-Leninist wing of the Russian...
- Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Lenin (born April 10 [April 22, New Style], 1870,...
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- Bloody Sunday
- First World War
- Missed Opportunities and Limited Progress
- Post-War Momentum
- October Revolution
- The Bolshevik Bluff
Things were thrown up in the air on Sunday 22 January, 1905. In a peaceful protest led by a priest in St Petersburg, unarmed demonstrators were fired upon by the Tsar’s troops. 200 were killed and 800 wounded. The Tsar would never regain the trust of his people. Riding on the subsequent wave of popular anger, the Social Revolutionary Party became t...
At the outbreak of the war, political upheaval in Russia softened due to the rallying cry of national unity. Hence, the Bolsheviks faded to the background of politics. However, after numerous crushing defeats of the Russian army, this soon changed. By the end of 1916 Russia had suffered 5.3 million deaths, desertions, missing persons and soldiers t...
With nationwide discontent accumulating, Bolshevik membership also rose. The Bolsheviks had always campaigned against the war, and this was becoming the paramount issue for many people. Despite this, they only had 24,000 members and many Russians had not even heard of them. The majority of the Russian army were peasants who sympathised more with th...
The Bolsheviks had missed their chance to gain power and were vehemently against the Dual Power system – they believed it betrayed the proletariat and satisfied bourgeoisie problems (the Provisional Government was made up of twelve Duma representatives, all middle class politicians). The summer of 1917 finally saw some significant growth in Bolshev...
Finally, in October 1917, the Bolsheviks seized power. The October Revolution (also referred to as the Bolshevik Revolution, the Bolshevik Coup and Red October), saw the Bolsheviks seize and occupy government buildings and the Winter Palace. However, there was a disregard for this Bolshevik government. The rest of the All-Russian Congress of Soviet...
The ‘Bolshevik Bluff’ is the idea that the ‘majority’ of Russia was behind them – that they were the people’s party and the saviours of the proletariat and peasants. The ‘Bluff’ only disintegrated after the Civil War, when the Reds (Bolsheviks) were pitted against the Whites (counter-revolutionaries and the Allies). The Civil War dismissed the Bols...
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Mar 12, 2024 · Born Vladimir Ulyanov, Lenin was the founder of the Russian Communist Party, leader of the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution and the architect, builder and first head of the Soviet state. Trotsky was a ...
Apr 19, 2024 · There was no hand at the helm, and the ship was drifting onto the rocks. Russian Revolution, 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, leading to the creation of the Soviet Union.
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- What caused the Russian Revolution of 1917?Corruption and inefficiency were widespread in the imperial government, and ethnic minorities were eager to escape Russian domination. Peasants, wo...
- Why is it called the October Revolution if it took place in November?By the 18th century, most countries in Europe had adopted the Gregorian calendar. In countries like Russia, where Eastern Orthodoxy was the dominan...
- How did the revolution lead to the Russian Civil War?The October Revolution saw Vladimir Lenin’s Bolsheviks seize power at the expense of more moderate social democrats (Mensheviks) and conservative “...
- What happened to the tsar and his family?On March 15, 1917, Nicholas II abdicated the throne. Nicholas, his family, and their loyal retainers were detained by the provisional government an...
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The Bolsheviks ( Russian: большевики, bolsheviki; from большинство, bolshinstvo, 'majority'), [a] led by Vladimir Lenin, were a far-left faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split with the Mensheviks [b] at the Second Party Congress in 1903. The Bolshevik party seized power in Russia ...
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The October Revolution, [a] also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution [b] (in Soviet historiography ), October coup, [5] [6], or Bolshevik coup [6] was a revolution in Russia led by the Bolshevik Party of Vladimir Lenin that was a key moment in the larger Russian Revolution of 1917–1923. It was the second revolutionary change of ...
Mar 8, 2017 · Russia's Year Zero:The true story behind the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917. In the space of just nine months in 1917 Russia underwent two revolutions, changing the country's destiny forever. In ...
