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Apr 19, 2024 · 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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- The February 1917 Revolution. Although many wanted a revolution, no one expected it to happen when it did and how it did. On Thursday, February 23, 1917, women workers in Petrograd left their factories and entered the streets to protest.
- Provisional Government vs. The Petrograd Soviet. Two contending groups emerged out of the chaos to claim leadership of Russia. The first was made up of former Duma members and the second was the Petrograd Soviet.
- Lenin Returns From Exile. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, leader of the Bolsheviks, was living in exile when the February Revolution transformed Russia. Once the Provisional Government allowed back political exiles, Lenin boarded a train in Zurich, Switzerland and headed home.
- The October 1917 Russian Revolution. By September 1917, Lenin believed the Russian people were ready for another revolution. However, other Bolshevik leaders were not yet quite convinced.
It removed Russia from the war and brought about the transformation of the Russian Empire into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), replacing Russia’s traditional monarchy with the world’s first Communist state. The revolution happened in stages through two separate coups, one in February and one in October.
Nov 2, 2020 · The Russian Revolution of 1917 marked the end of the 300-year Romanov dynasty and the start of a communist system of government. Rather than being triggered by one event, the Revolution was the result of a number of different economic, military and political factors that had been developing over decades.
- Amy Irvine
Nov 8, 2017 · In 1917 a series of events happened in Russia that would change the world forever. Find out about the history of the Russian revolutions.
Nov 28, 2016 · The events that unfolded in Russia from the autumn of 1916 through the autumn of 1917, including the collapse of the czarist regime and the rise of Bolshevism, bent the arc of history in...
