RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
MAJOR EVENTS IN PRE REVOLUTION RUSSIA
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The Army turned against the Czar and began to mutiny because they didn’t want to fire on their own people.
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The Czar asked other nations to send troops in to stop the riots, because he could not do so.
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Other countries realized the Czar was weak, and began to plan invasions of Russia.
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The Czar’s family broke apart as some of its members decided to leave Russia.
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Detailed explanation-1: -When: 22 February – 3 March Julian calendar (8 – 16 March 1917 Gregorian calendar – adopted by Russia in 1918). Part of: Took place during the First World War. Result: Abdication of the Tsar and the end of nearly 500 years of autocratic rule in Russia. Provisional Government established and reforms introduced.
Detailed explanation-2: -In February 1917, workers from 50 factories on the right bank of Neva called a strike. The government called in troops and suspended the Duma. The striking workers and the soldiers formed the Petrograd Soviet and The Tsar was forced to abdicate. The February revolution saw the fall of the monarchy.
Detailed explanation-3: -It marked the beginning of Lenin’s rule over the Soviet, with the Bolsheviks under his guidance. The Bolshevik party after the revolution came to be known as the Russian Communist Party.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political events in Russia, involving first the overthrow of the system of autocracy, and then the overthrow of the liberal Provisional Government ( Duma), resulting in the establishment of the Soviet power under the control of the Bolshevik party.