Russian Revolution or The Bolshevik Revolution

Russian Revolution:

(1917-1923)

The Russian Revolution lasted from March 8, 1917 to June 16, 1923. The main causes of the revolution were peasants, workers and military officials who were dissatisfied with corruption and inefficiency within the czarist regime and with the state control of the Russian Orthodox Church.

The Russian Revolution was the time of political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire and began during World War I. The Russian Revolution, which began with the overthrow of the Romanovs in 1917 and ended with the establishment of the Soviet Union by the Bolsheviks in 1923. The Russian Revolution was a series of two revolutions:

The first of which overthrew the imperial government, and
The second placed the Bolsheviks in power.

Beginning with the February Revolution in 1917, the first revolt focused in and around the then-capital Petrograd. After heavy military losses during the World War I, the Russian Army had retrograded to mutiny. In response, members of Russia's parliament took control of the country, and proceeded to form the Russian Provisional Government. This government was dominated by the interests of capitalists, as well as the Russian nobility and aristocracy. The leadership of the army believed that they did not have the means to suppress the revolution, and this caused the Tsar of the Russian Empire, Nicholas II, descended from his throne.

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