Tag: the russian revolution

• Proletariat were the industrial working class people.
• Lenin argued that in Russia professional revolutionaries, like himself, would need to educate the Proletariat to adapt to the communist ideas.

• In 1918, Russia was divided into two forces. The Reds and the Whites. The Whites were opposed to the Bolshevik rule.
• They were led by Generals Yudenich and Denikin and Admiral Kolchak.

• In 1924 Lenin died and his body was embalmed i.e it was preserved using chemicals.
• It was placed on permanent display in Red Square Moscow where it remains, heavily guarded, today.

• In 1918, Russia was divided into two forces. The Reds and the Whites.
• The Reds were made up of Bolsheviks and was led by Trotsky.

• Lenin had fled Russia but as World War One began to go badly and the Tsar was overthrown, he returned to lead his party called Bolsheviks.
• With the help of the party members, he led a revolution and established the world’s first communist state.

• The Whites were opposed to the Bolshevik rule. These included the Tsarists and other political parties.
• There were also former landowners and army officers and armies of other powers, such as the French and British.

• Although Lenin had overthrown the Russian government, he did not defeat all opposition to communist rule.
• As a result, a civil war broke out in Russia which was ultimately won by the Bolsheviks party led by Lenin.

• Vladimir Lenin led the revolution to bring communism to Russia.
• The revolution was to replace the capitalism in Russia by establishing a system where everyone would work for the common good.

By November 1920, the White Army was defeated. Over 800000 soldiers had died along with an estimated 8 million civilians, as a result of famine and disease the war brought with it.

• In the summer of 1918, the White Army was approaching Yekaterinburg, where the Tsar and his family were under house arrest.
• The Bolsheviks decided to execute the Tsar and his entire family.