WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Russian Revolution took place in 1917, during the final phase of World War I. It removed Russia from the war and brought about the transformation of the Russian Empire into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), replacing Russia’s traditional monarchy with the world’s first Communist state.

Detailed explanation-2: -Russia withdrew from WW1 after a Bolshevik (Communist) coup in November 1917. Soon after that, the country was engulfed in the civil war, and the royal family was assassinated. Russia itself lost Poland and the Baltic States and changed its name from Russian Empire to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

Detailed explanation-3: -Primary causes of the Revolution included peasant, worker, and military dissatisfaction with corruption and inefficiency within the czarist regime, and government control of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Detailed explanation-4: -During the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, seized power and destroyed the tradition of czarist rule. The Bolsheviks would later become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.