The+Russian+Revolution

The Unrest/Leading to the Russian Revoulution
====The first major part of The Russian Revolution was the growing unrest. Although there are too many factors in this part to list, there are some major key factors worthy of being named that contributed to the growing unrest.====

February Revolution
====Russia’s citizens couldn’t take the unrest anymore. During a festival in St. Petersburg in February, 1917, there was a food shortage and the women there started protesting. Nicholas II, who was at that time in power, told his military and police to end the issue, but even the military didn’t show their loyalty to the Tsar.==== ====“On March 8, 1917, demonstrators clamoring for bread took to the streets of the Russian capital of Petrograd. Supported by 90,000 men and women on strike, the protesters clashed with police, refusing to leave the streets. On March 10, the strike spread among Petrograd's workers, and irate mobs of workers destroyed police stations. Several factories elected deputies to the Petrograd Soviet ("council) of workers, following the model devised during the Revolution of 1905.”====

Citation for above quote: "1917 Russian Revolution." //St. Petersburg Life//. Web. 02 Apr. 2012. .

====This was the second major part of the Russian Revolution: The February Revolution. There were two major parts of Russia overthrown during the February Revolution: the Imperial Government and Tsar Nicholas II. Tsar Nicholas actually resigned from his throne, and left, leaving the government with no leader.====

October Revolution
====Contrary to the war-like conditions of the February Revolution, the third major part of the Russian Revolution, the October Revolution, was actually calm, and no more than a one bullet had to be fired.==== ====With the government still in relative chaos, Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov), took advantage and decided to overthrow the useless Provisional Government in its weakest. He met with 12 party leaders in a meeting, and although only 10 agreed to go on with this plan, they decided to go with the plot.==== ====On October 24th, troops loyal to Lenin and the Bolsheviks went and captured crucial parts of St. Petersburg, such as Banks, Post offices, telegraph offices, and even major bridges. At this point, nothing could stand in their way because they had control of everything. Kerensky, a major part of the side against Lenin and his ways, fled along with his supporters and ministers.====

In conclusion, the Russian revolution consisted of four parts. The cause of the revolution, the February revolution, the October revolution and the outcome of what the revolution ended as.
====After the October revolution, the war ended with some consequences. The civil war had broken out between what they called the “reds” which were the communists, and the “whites” who were the nationalists, conservatives, imperialists and other anti-Bolshevik groups. After a four year time period, the “reds” won the battle which established the Soviet Union in 1922. All this was under the “reds” leader Lenin. That is who led them to victory, but in 1923, Lenin died, and Stalin took over the communist party and continued until 1991 when the USSR ended. This concluded the brief Russian Revolution.====

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"History in an Hour." //The February Revolution//. Web. 11 Apr. 2012. @http://www.historyinanhour.com/2012/03/08/the-february-revolution/.

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"February Revolution Begins." //MTC News Network Â» Nicholas II//. Web. 11 Apr. 2012. @http://www.milkintheclock.com/tag/nicholas-ii/.

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