Russian Revolution

Russian Revolution

1. The February Revolution

   • The republic was proclaimed in 1917, it was headed by a provisional government
     • The new government was dominated by the bourgeois parties, that made a series of political and social reforms
       • They also wanted to remain committed to their allies in the war.
         • This caused popular discontent, and the Sovietics began to demand the dimmisal of the government
           • The forces that had united the tsar rule began to break up

2. The October Revolution

   • Most of Sovietics supported the Bolsheviks. Their leader was Lenin that published his news ideas in the April Theses.
     • Lenin wanted to establish a government of worker and peasant Soviets and to sign a peace treaty with germany.
       • The Bolsheviks created their own armed militia, The Red Guards
         • On 25 october 1917 the rebels occupied Petrograd and the revolution quickly spread to Moscow and industrial regions.
           • The Second All-Russian Congress of Sovietics proclaimed a workers government led by Lenin
             • In November 1917, elections were won by the Bolshevicks and Lenin disolved the Assembly and put an end to political pluralism.
               • The new government decreed that the land was expropiated to distribute among the peasants and workers committes were given control of factories.

3. Civil War and The Formation of USSR

   • In 1918those who supported the return of tsarism or the maintenance of a liberal political system took up arms against the Soviet government.
     • The White Army confronted with the Red Army
       • The Civil War lasted three years and brought great misery to the people. In 1921, the Red Army won the war.
   • The USSR is based on the Sovietics workers deputies, which developed as a result of overthrowing the power and the conquest of dictatorship
     • The USSR is the socialist system of economy as a result of the abolition of the capitalism system.

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