HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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A successful coup d’etat by revolutionaries in Russia that overthrew Czar Nicholas II in1917.
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A form of communication that presents information to influence an audience toward acommon cause or position
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German submarines used during World War I and World War II against enemy navalwarships and used to blockade (cut off) enemy supply ships
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The volatile situation in Russia reached its climax with the October Revolution, which was a Bolshevik armed insurrection by workers and soldiers in Petrograd that successfully overthrew the Provisional Government, transferring all its authority to the Bolsheviks.
Detailed explanation-2: -On Nov. 7, 1917, Russia’s Bolshevik Revolution took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky. The provisional government came to power after the February Revolution resulted in the Russian monarchy being overthrown in March 1917.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Bolsheviks succeeded because the Provisional Government was weak and unpopular (remember that Government That’s Provisional Will Be Killed). When it was attacked, nobody was prepared to defend it.
Detailed explanation-4: -Discontent at home, plus losses of territory and massive casualties in two wars, precipitated the February Revolution on March 12, 1917. Nicholas II abdicated on March 15, 1917.
Detailed explanation-5: -Yes, the Russian Revolution was successful. The Bolshevik revolutionaries achieved their goals, which included the destruction of the old way of rule, the execution of Czar Nicholas II and his family, and the establishment of communist rule in Russia.