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Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution began in 1917 and ended in 1920. It was a conflict between the Bolshevik government of Russia and anti-Bolshevik forces supported by troops from several other countries including Canada. I’m not sure if any of you know who the Bolshevik people are. First of all Bolshevik means “majority” in Russian. They were members of a communist party.

The Russian revolution is a name for two events which are: the 1917 February Revolution which overthrew the Tsar and established a democratic government under Alexander Kerensky. For those of you who do not know who the Tsar was it was Nicholas II. The second event occurred Eight months later when the Bolsheviks overthrew Kerensky in the October Revolution, and set up a Communist government that became the Soviet Union.

On the second of March 1917, Nicholas II, the Tsar of Russia, abdicated. His family ruled Russia for nearly 300 years, but their demise occurred in a matter of days.

Why was there a revolution in R...

Posted by: Garrick Christian

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