A who, what, when, where, and why on the Russian Revolution. Entitled: "The Russian Revolution: What Happened?"
Title: A who, what, when, where, and why on the Russian Revolution. Entitled: "The Russian Revolution: What Happened?"
Category: /History/European History
Details: Words: 848 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
A who, what, when, where, and why on the Russian Revolution. Entitled: "The Russian Revolution: What Happened?"
Category: /History/European History
Details: Words: 848 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
+The Who
*Vladimir Ilich Lenin
-1870-1924
-He became the chairman of the Military Committee of the Petrograd Soviet in September 1917.
-Leader and organizer of the Bolsheviks.
-The Bolsheviks were members of the Russian Communist Party.
-Lenin presided over Soviet Russia until his death.
*Joseph Stalin
-1879-1953
-General secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR from 1922 to 1953.
-By the end of 1929 Stalin had succeeded in political maneuvers that eliminated his political opponents and …showed first 75 words of 848 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 848 total…was unprepared for war and Germany routed Russia. Nicholas headed to the front to take on the war and thought everything was fine back home, however things were desperate. People were starving to death because the railroad system was poor and this caused prices to soar on food goods. When Nicholas tried to return to Petrograd his train was stopped and he was forced to abdicate his throne and a provisional government was set up.