Friday, January 9, 2009

The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution was after the Russians withdrew from WWI and was also when the Russian people were fed up with their czar and decided to overthrow him, it was also the start of communism. During the Russian revolution there were series of other revolutions within it like the February revolution and the October revolution (Bolshevik revolution) which began in April 1917 and the Febuaray Revolution which removed Tsar Nicholas II from power. There a good amount of uprising during this revolution.
The Bolshevik revolution was led by Vladamir Lenin who's ideas were similar to Karl Marx. Lenin spread the ideas of communism and the people supported his ideas because they knew it was time for change.