stria and Russia. At this time in Russia the conditions were not well. The past two winters were one of the hardest hit winters in recorded history. The temperature between 1916 through 1917 averaged at 12.1 below zero. Russia's main transportation system was the train. Trains had delivered coal and food to the cities. There were 60,000 train cars that took supplies into the cities and only 1/8 of that was available. The low food supply forced the

Government to supply one pound of bread per family. Which caused an outbreak in society. Before 1917 Russia was dictated as a monarchy in which a ruler was a King or Queen passed down by generation. In the 1900's two political parties began to form. The white Russians and the red Russians. The white Russians were the democrats also called the Mensheviks and the red Russians were communists also called the Bolsheviks. Both of these parties were against the monarch government. The most powerful of the two were the Bolsheviks. They were headed by Vladimir Ilich commonly known as Lenin. Lenin was becoming stronger and stronger in Russia. He had gained many followers or Bolsheviks. The February Revolution. Up to February 8th, 1998, Russia still followed the Julian Calendar, which was about 13 days behind the Gregorian Calendar. So the February and October Revolutions were March and November Revolutions Still in 1917 Russia had a major shortage on food. The hunger had sent the women and the workers to protest in the streets. The harsh war between Russians and Germans had g

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