The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution was a series of revolutions in Russia during 1917. The Russians wanted a revolution because their czar Nicholas II was preventing any change and the people revolted which led to him abdicating his throne. Then in Russia a temporary government was created due to the czar leaving his throne. Russia still continued to fight in WWI and refused to leave the war. The new temporary government created was a democratic government. But the peasants revolted against the landowners and factory owners. In the revolution there was a clash between the democratic government and the Bolshevik party. This eventually led to a civil war in which the Bolshevik party defeated the democratic government. Then the Bolshevik party then signed a treaty with Germany and left the WWI. The Bolshevik party was led by Vladimir Lenin. The Bolsheviks used Karl Marx's idea of communism and formed their own government. This led to Russia becoming the first communist country. The quote "Peace, Land and Bread" means that the Russians wanted to leave WWI to have peace by signing the treaty with germany. The land part was for communism, the Bolshevik party led by Lenin who wanted all russians to revolt against landlords and factory owners and then take their land. The bread part was due to the czar who let the people in Russia starve.