HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Russian Civil War ended in 1923 with Lenin’s Red Army claiming victory and establishing the Soviet Union. After many years of violence and political unrest, the Russian Revolution paved the way for the rise of communism as an influential political belief system around the world.
Detailed explanation-2: -Under the leadership of Russian communist Vladimir Lenin, the Bolshevik Party seized power in the Russian Republic during a coup known as the October Revolution.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lenin was the leader of the radical socialist Bolshevik Party (later renamed the Communist Party), which seized power in the October phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917. After the revolution, Lenin headed the new Soviet government that formed in Russia. He became the leader of the USSR upon its founding in 1922.
Detailed explanation-4: -By fall of 1917, Russians had become even more war weary. Peasants, workers and soldiers demanded immediate change in what became known as the October Revolution. Lenin, aware of the leadership vacuum plaguing Russia, decided to seize power.
Detailed explanation-5: -Autocratic rule of Tsars: In 1914, the Russian emperor was Tsar Nicholas II. Conditions of Peasants: Majority of the Russians were agriculturalists. Status of Industries: Industry was found in pockets. More items