This essay will talk about the Revolution of 1917 that took place in Russia. It will mainly focus on the following three topics: the cause of the revolution, what happened during the revolution, and the outcome. This paragraph will tell you about some of the causes of the revolutioin. The main causes of the Russian Revolution are deep in Russia's history. For years autocratic and repressive czarist regimes ruled the country and most of the population lived in bad economic and social conditions. During the 19th century and early 20th century, students, workers, peasants, and members of the nobility had various movements aimed at overthrowing the government. Two of these unsuccessful movements were the 1825 revolt against Nicholast 1st and the revolution of 1905, both of which were attempts to overthrow the government and make a constitutional monarchy. Russia's badly organized and unsuccessful participation in the World War I made the people hate the bad government even more. Russia's manpower was inexhaustible but the industrial production, which should have supplied the army, was poor so there wasn't much equipment for the soldiers. Russia's casulaties in World War I were greater than any other country has ever lost in a
In conclusion, the working people of Russia were tired of being pushed so hard so they started to protest against the government; the protests were successful and the revolution was triumphal. They lost 1500 people but were victorious. They made a new government, which immediately appointed people to areas that neened attention. The people wanted a good government, and for a while they got exactly what they wanted.
THe outcome of the revolution was this. The imperial government was quickly scattered. Two new bodies quickly exercised effective political power, the Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies and a Provisional Government formed by the committe of the Duma. The Soviet, immediately appointed a commission to cope with the proglem of ensuring a food supply for the capital and ordered the release of the thousands of political prisoners. On February 28 the Soviet decided to arrest Nicholas' ministers and began publishing an official paper, Izvestia (Russian for "News"). On March 1 it issued it's famous Order No. 1. What this Order said was that the soldiers and the sailors in the navy were now under Soviet control and were to elect committees that would exercise exclusive control
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