WORLD HISTORY

RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

MAJOR EVENTS IN PRE REVOLUTION RUSSIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks in 1917 during the November revolution?
A
Gregory Rasputin.
B
Karl Marx.
C
V.I. Lenin.
D
Joseph Stalin.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin, leftist revolutionaries launch a nearly bloodless coup d’État against Russia’s ineffectual Provisional Government.

Detailed explanation-2: -On November 6 and 7, 1917 (or October 24 and 25 on the Julian calendar, which is why the event is often referred to as the October Revolution), leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d’état against the Duma’s provisional government.

Detailed explanation-3: -Lenin’s Bolshevik government initially shared power with the Left Socialist Revolutionaries, elected soviets, and a multi-party Constituent Assembly, although by 1918 it had centralised power in the new Communist Party.

Detailed explanation-4: -Its main leader was Vladimir Lenin, he was also one of the founding members of Bolsheviks. By 1905 it was a major political organization in Russia. Bolsheviks were governed by the principle of democracy and considered themselves as the leaders of the revolutionary working class of Russia.

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