HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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¨Liberty, Equality, Fraternity¨
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¨Peace, Land and Bread¨
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abolition of the secret police
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democratic reforms in all levels of government
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Detailed explanation-1: -’Peace, Land and Bread’ was a popular Bolshevik slogan during the Russian Revolution. It captured the three main demands of the Russian people: they wanted Russia to withdraw from the World War, redistribute land among its farmers, and provide food security.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Bolsheviks promised ‘Peace, Land and Bread. ‘ They promised to withdraw from the First World War. They promised land to Russian peasants. They also promised food to the starving Russian population.
Detailed explanation-3: -Lenin had promised “Peace, Land, and Bread.” After several false starts, the Bolsheviks successfully negotiated a separate peace with the Germans, the famous Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Ratified in March, 1918, Lenin ceded the Baltic states, eastern Poland, and the Ukraine to the Germans.
Detailed explanation-4: -After taking over, the Bolsheviks promised ‘peace, land, and bread’ to the Russian people. In 1917 Lenin returned to Russia from exile with German help.
Detailed explanation-5: -Lenin gained the support of the Russian peasants and factory workers by promising them peace, land, and bread and preaching the ideas of Karl Marx’s communism. Lenin’s slogan gave the proletariat (poor peasants and factory workers) hope for a better future under communism.