The+Russian+Revolution+as+it+related+to+WWI

= The Russian Revolution and World War I﻿﻿ = ====In the early 1900's, Russia's economy declined. On January 22, 1905 a large group of men, women and children held a respectful march to the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg (Capital). They went to the palace to deliver a petition for better working conditions and a democratically elected assembly. As they attempted to petition, the czar's soldiers opened fire killing and wounding hundreds. This event is now known as Bloody Sunday. Bloody Sunday lead to more protests by different groups of people.==== ====In August of 1914 Germany declared war on Russia. Germany soon took over Russia's army because their army was weak. Not only was Russia's army weak, so was their economy. The war took a toll on their soldiers, economy and resources. The shortages of food and fuel lead to the misconduct of many people. The soldiers of Russia began to rebel. Many of the units refused to fight the war against Germany. Many small revolts followed.==== ====Finally on February 25, according to the Russian calendar (March 8), something big happened! Due to the war many resources were used up. Riots over food and coal shortages broke out among the citizens. In response ﻿ to the riots, some members of the Duma (parliament) set up a provisional government, a temporary government. They forced czar Nicholas to step down from the throne and later he and his family were killed by the Bolsheviks. ==== ==== At this time there were two groups who both claimed authority, this became known as Dual Power. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin returned to Russia in 1817 and called for an overthrow of the provisional government. He helped lead the Bolsheviks to another uprising in Petrograd. Unfortunately order was restored and the provisional government wanted Lenin and other leading Bolsheviks to be put under arrest. Lenin and several others escaped from them. Not long after Alexander Kerensky was appointed prime minister. He released c aptured Bolsheviks because to help bring power to the army. Eventually the Bolsheviks won a majority in Petrograd. ==== ==== Leon Trotsky who was exiled before the war, returned to Petrograd to tell the Bolsheviks to take over the provisional government. On October 25, 1917, according to the Russian Calendar (November 17) the Bosheviks lead an army of workers, soldiers and sailors to the Winter Palace. After they captured the Winter Palace many other cities fell to the Blosheviks. The next day the Bolsheviks were authorized to set up a system to run the government. The new government helped withdraw Russia from the war against Germany. In December Russia negotiated a cease-fire. In March of the next year Russia's government signed a treaty of Breast-Litovsk. This treaty helped prevent German invasion, Russia lost some food-producing land and territories. At this time the Bolsheviks changed much of Russia. They changed the capital of Russia from Petrograd to Moscow and they also changed the name of their Russian Democratic Labor Party to the Russian Communist party. Not long after the October Revolution, counterrevolutionaries (Whites) began organizing revolts. Trotsky tried setting up the Red army (communists) to fight them. This eventually led to a bloody civil war. Three years later the communists won and the revolution was over. ==== ==== After the Revolution Russia became known as the Soviet Union. It reconquered a few of the territories it had lost in the previous years. Joseph Stalin eventually gained control of hte Soviet Union until his death in 1953. Most other countries did not accept Russia as the Soviet Union untill the 1930's. Finally in 1991, Russia's communist system ended, as well as the Soviet Union itself. ====
 * ====The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of rebellions against the Russian czar, Nicholas II.[[image:czar.jpg width="146" height="202" align="left" caption="Czar Nicholas II"]] However, the reasons for the revolution came years before. Russia previously missed out on the Renaissance period and only abolished serfdom in 1861. Although the serfs were free, they received little land and had heavy debt. Many unhappy Russians formed several political organizations, all of which had the same goal of democracy and weakening the power of the czar.====

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