Compare And Contrast The Social And Political Rebellions Of 1917 Russia

In the early 1900’s the Russian people had become angry at the way the Russian monarchy (Tsar Nicholas II) had handled foreign affairs and how he was treating his people unfairly. They had many protests, one in 1905 and two in 1917. The revolution in 1905 overthrow the absolute monarchy and put in a provisional government. No one really listened to the provisional government, so they overthrew it again in 1917. These revolutions and acts of disobedience led to many unnecessary deaths of innocent people.

This angered the Russian citizens which led to the Russian Revolution of 1905. On January 22, 1905, approximately 150 workers were killed by soldiers who fired on peaceful protestors, led by priest, Father Gapon, in Saint Petersburg. This event was known as Bloody Sunday and signified the beginning of the Revolution of 1905. Subsequently, several radical groups formed an alliance and organized several mutinies and strikes against the Russian autocracy. Left with no choice, Nicholas II issued a manifesto on October 30, 1905 that granted more suffrage rights, got rid of arbitrary arrest without a trial, and provided for an elected legislature.

Introduction The Russian had problems with different things like nicholas the second and how weak the leadership is and the starvation of civilians and this caused the revolution of russia and this changed russia. Russia was a vast multinational placed that was controlled by romanov. Body Paragraph One Nicholas the second was one of the problems i think because he made all the laws and policies when he also took control russia was behind on industrial product so he made more industrial product and that increased the urban poor but people in russia still lived on farms. The urban poor worked in factories and they worked for long hours with little pay and the conditions weren't so great.

The Mexican Revolution of 1910 and the Russian Revolution of 1917 both had similar goals, to give power to the working class. However, they had very different outcomes, one oppressive, and one victorious. The goals of the Russian Revolution was to remove power from the aristocracy. Russia had suffered under centuries of oppression.

This riot was a little different than the ones that took place in 1919. “Unlike the riots of 1919, Negroes now began to destroy the hated white property and symbols of authority”. The blacks got very violent, but the whites also started to get even more violent. “Unhampered by the police, the mobs attacked all Negroes caught outside the ghetto. They stopped, overturned, and burned cars driven by Negroes”.

The Russian Revolution of 1917 marked the end of the Romanov dynasty and centuries of Russian Imperial rule. During the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin seized power and destroyed the tradition of czarist rule. Civil War broke out in Russia between the Red and White Armies. The Red Army fought for the Lenin’s Bolshevik government. The White Army represented a large group of monarchists, capitalists and supporters of democratic socialism.

One man, Vladimir Lenin saw that Russia was spiraling downwards, having lost two battles in a row and having the highest death count out of all the European countries he saw that a change was needed. Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks who were a communist group that wanted to draw out of the war and over thrown Czar Nicholas II. Preaching peace, and food he wanted, ¨the offer of peace, the salvation of Petrograd, salvation from famine, and the transfer of land to the peasants who depended on them,¨ (Document 8). People were drawn into this and, ¨increasingly taken in by the propagandists of the united Socialist Party and their internationalis ideas,¨ (Document 9). This combined with high death rates, starvation, communist ideals started the overthrow of Russia and the end of the war.

“The czar refused to listen to demands for political change and in October, a general strike occurred as workers in the railways, industry and the banks stopped working” (document 3) A strike occurred because the czar didn’t listen to political concerns. This shows how unpleasant people were with the government. This can lead to the overthrow of the Russian monarchy. In document 3 it states, “...when a peaceful demonstration of 200,00 men, women and children in front of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg calling for reform was ended by the police and troops guarding the palace” Many people were unhappy with the Russian government and the fact the police were involved suggests how the government was willing to use force to stop political

During the 20th century, Russia was experiencing turmoil in war and the country was deeply affected with Tsar Nicholas’s wrong decisions and lack of experience in politics. After the 1917 revolution in Russia, Lenin became the ruler of Russia and the USSR and proved to be the best Russian ruler of the 20th century. Before then, Tsarism dominated and Nicholas II was in power until he foresaw many revolutions against his methods of ruling. He remained as the supreme ruler and did not take actions for reforms. However, after the 1917 revolution, which Lenin masterminded, the Tsar was overthrown and the Bolsheviks established a stable government which took control in Russia.

The French, American, and Russian revolutions may have been all different but they all seem to compare in many ways. The French and Russian revolution both had a specific social structure, the American and Russian revolution all dealt with events that led up to battles and wars, and the American and French revolution had used enlightenment ideas for their reasons for conflict. Some revolutions also shared the same political and militaristic ideas. Although all revolutions compared in some ways, they also shared many indifferences. Here are some ways all three revolutions compare and contrast from each other.

The Russian Revolution, which was started by Lenin and his followers, was a rebellion that occurred in 1917 which forced higher powers to act to the needs of the lower class. For instance, many citizens were worried for their protection in consequence to the lack of survival necessities due to an early drought. Furthermore, their current czar during the time was incapable for his position as a czar and made horrendous decisions as czar. For example, when the czar, Nicholas, entered in World War I, he sent untrained troops into countless battles of failure which costed in mass amounts of lost life (paragraph 23).

Several groups in society had disdain for the autocratic government and felt the need for change. As a result, riots, demonstrations and strikes were at an all time high. Because of Nicholas’ firm belief that loyal Russians would never question his dominance, those who protested risked extreme consequences. Events such as Bloody Sunday - a day in 1905 in which protestors putting forward a petition were shot at by brutal soldiers of the Tsar - and Nicholas’ actions following this, shattered Russia’s view of the Tsar and demonstrated the high protest rate. Nicholas attempted to improve the situation by granting the October Manifesto; despite the document describing several liberating promises, Nicholas was not genuine, and the people

April these secured the revolution to have fairly over 800,000 supporters, even the military unit was loyal to Bolsheviks. Lenin was significant as he helped Bolshevik gained supporters. However, it is obvious that the unpopularity of the provisional government made Lenin’s gathering of supporters easier. In 1971, Russia seems going to fall the war; many soldiers were discontented with provisional government who

“Is what you want? A miserable little bourgeois republic? In the name of the great Soviet republic of labour we declare war to the death on such a government!” (Bukharin, 1917) . The Russians were fed up of being poorly treated by their own country, so they decided to take a stance.

One of the very first causes of unrest in Russia was due mainly to the rise of Czar Nicholas into power in 1894. Due to the fact that Russia was far behind in industrial production compared to Western European nations, the Czar increased industrial production. However, this came change came at the expense of Russia’s urban poor; their population skyrocketed. As unrest among this population grew, they decided to express their concerns to the Czar. In January 1905, the people made their way to the Winter Palace where they asked for the Czar’s help.