Tag: the russian revolution

Lenin used the slogan "All power to the soviets!" to oppose the Provisional Government led by Kerensky. Based on the Bolshevik view of the state, the word soviet extended its meaning to any overarching body that obtained the authority of a group of soviets.

The Russian Revolution took place in 1917, during the final phase of World War I. It removed Russia from the war and brought about the transformation of the Russian Empire into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), replacing Russia's traditional monarchy with the world's first Communist state.

The workers' revolts in St. Petersburg, particularly during the 1905 revolution, were driven by poor working conditions, low pay, and long working hours.

He led the workers, the common people and the intellectuals of Russia and marched to the royal palace where the people were attacked by the soldiers of the Tsar in 1905 on a Sunday. The event is known as Bloody Sunday.

(i) Nicholas II :- Nicholas II was the last Emperor of Russia, ruling from 1 November 1894 until his forced abdication on 15 March 1917.

(ii) Imperialism :- Imperialism is an action that involves a country extending its power by the acquisition of territories. It may also include the exploitation of these territories, an action that is linked to colonialism.

(iii) Socialism :- Socialism is a range of economic and social system characterised by social ownership and democratic control of the means of producttion, as well as the political ideologies, theories and movements that aim to establish them.

(iv) Christoper Columbus :-  Christoper Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator. who discovered "New World" of America.

In Jan, 1905 under the leadership of Father Georgii Gapon drafted a petition for the improved working condition and some political reforms for the steel workers of St. Petersburg. This petition led to shooting of several hundred workers outside Winter Palace.

Lenin was a Russian communist revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He is considered to be first communist revolutionary in the world. Lenin was founder of the Russian Communist Party. He was the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution and architect and first head of the Soviet state. He developed political theories which are known as Leninism. Leninism is the political theory for the democratic organisation of a revolutionary vanguard party and the achievement of a dictatorship of the proletariat, as political prelude to the establishment of socialism.

The Civil War in Russia was a result of the emergence of opposition against the Bolsheviks. The opposition groups included monarchists, militarists, and, for a short time, foreign nations. Collectively, they were known as the Whites while the Bolsheviks were known as the Reds. The Russian Civil War tore Russia apart during a three-year period, from 1918 and 1921.

Due to acute shortages of grain supplies and outdated modes of production Stalin introduced the collectivization programme. Under this program, peasants were forced to cultivate on collective farms called as Kolkhoz. Those who resisted collectivization programme were severely punished and many were deported and exiled. Independent cultivation was also allowed but such cultivators were treated unsympathetically. This programme did not lead to an increase in production immediately.  

Tsar dissolve Duma in 1906 because he was scared of liberalism.