The Russian Revolution

In 1914, Russia had a revolution which made it the first Communist state in history. There were many reasons why a revolution took place. One reason was Czar Nicholas II's apparent weakness and indifference. He was not fit to be a leader and avoided direct confrontation with public opposition and resistance and allowed his security forces to deal with problems as they saw fit. Their harsh ways of dealing with problems increased resentment towards Nicholas II by the Russian people. Anger towards the czar was furthered when in January 9,1905, a crowd of over 100,000 people marched to the Czar's winter palace to call him out and present a petition. However he wasn't there and the police attacked the crowd and killed many people there. Many Russians thought that the Czar no longer cared about his people and were enraged. In the following years many disasters, scandals, and political failures plagued Russia. The final straw for the Russian people was World War I. Many soldiers died in the war and victory seemed impossible. It also caused inflation and food shortages. This caused the February Revolution and the abdication of the throne by the czar in 1917.

Vladamir Lenin's return to Russia was when the Russian Revolution began to take place. His goal was to make the Bolshevik party take control of Russia. In October of 1917 the Bolshevik party starts the revolution and removes the provisional government that took the Czars place from power. After the Bolsheviks took power, they made Russia into a communist state.