revolution itself, and secondly, I shall do the same with the Revolution of 1989. Finally, to round everything together, there will be a comparison of the

similarities and differences between the two revolutions. Onward:

For as long as anyone alive during the 1917 revolution could remember... for many hundreds of years, in fact, Russia was ruled by czarist regimes. The

czar was considered to be the autocrat... the absolute ruler. An individual's power was based on how many serfs and peasants he (for it was always a

he) owned. The majority of the population was severely repressed, and faced with terrible living conditions... economic, social, you name it. As you

could imagine, no commoner would want to live under such conditions and indeed, no one did... several attempts at insurrections against the czarist

government occurred during the 19th and 20th centuries, but it was not until 1917 that the people succeeded in their goals1... but to what end? Read

The people of Russia have spent many decades malcontented, but in 191

for the precise reason that they felt they would be more efficient were they allowed to govern themselves however they wanted... today, many of them

abdication, while the poor were demonstrating because of their social conditions, the middle class were marching for these largely political motives.4

all weapons; on duty, they were to observe strict military discipline, but harsh and contemptuous treatment by the officers was forbidden; disputes

time a small minority in Petrograd, continually spread propaganda telling the people that the Soviets should seize complete control and the war effort

Chernobyl accident and the "incompetence" demonstrated by the workers there was what made him so fervent about this... this policy really was no big

Surprisingly, the revolutionaries then in power did not cease the war effort, due to many political complications... but more on that later. The

WWI-involved countries to "force" their governments into a peaceful agreement. This rift between the Soviets and the PG caused some conflict... but

permitting elections for congressional spots whetted their appetite, and seeing all of the de-communization taking place in Eastern Europe (the Berlin

On November 8th, Lenin began the construction of the new socialist order he planned on upholding. As well as changing the name of the Bolsheviks to

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