Introduction
The Russian Revolution was big change for the Russian empire, which happened in 1917 on March 8th till June 16th 1923. This period of time Russia saw eliminate its monarchy and to adopt a socialist form of government followed by two successive revolutions and a raw civil war. The first revolution (known as the February Revolution) Than the second being the Bolshevik Revolution, brought the Bolsheviks power. These events are referred to as the Russian revolution.
The February Revolution
During February 1917, the mismanagement of World War I by the Czarist government led to a popular uprising which became known as the February Revolution. As a result, Czar Nicholas II was forced to abdicate and a Provisional Government made up of liberal and socialist factions was established. Ultimately, it was led by Alexander Kerensky, a member of the Socialist Revolutionary party. This experiment with pluralist democracy was brief and chaotic. The war effort continued to deteriorate and the economic situation worsened, causing Russian workers, soldiers, and sailors to riot during the summer months which came to be known as “The July Days”.
The Bolshevik Revolution
On october 24-25, 1917, led by Bolshevik party leader(Vladimir Lenin) He had launched to take over Duma’s provisional government. Him and his party had stormed into the Winter Palace and had killed the sar and his wife Alexandra Feodorovna following onto his family, also known as imperial Romanov family. The Bolshevik Revolution was also named as the (great october Socialist Revolution) was one of the very first successful coup in history, making them the first group to ever be ultimately replaced with a soviet Socialist under Lenin’s leadership.
The bolsheviks and their allies occupied government and other strategic locations in Petrograd, which soon formed a new government as Vladimir as the head.
What happened afterwards?
After the many years of political and violence/war, the russian revolution set rules for the society as a influential political belief system around the world. These results set the stage for the rise of Soviet Union as a world power that would go head-to-head with the United States, leading to the cold war In the end the Bolshevik party had remained in power for 68 years! Making them succeeded up till the 20th century.