Poverty that the Russians experienced then was a long-term cause of the Russian revolution with the families within the empire existing at the mere level of subsistence (Westwood, 2002). ... Lack of Government Representation The Romanov family, also referred to as the royal family, had ruled over the empire for a minimum of three centuries and in the nineteenth century, the ruler was known as Tsar (Fiehn, Corin & School's History Project, 2011). The royal family has ruled and did not have any form of representation among the people considering that Tsar easily ignored the Duma, a body t...

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The people of Russia were split up into two classes the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. ... The living conditions of working class Russian family at the time was extremely poor with run down and unhygienic living conditions a serve shortage of food and the money to pay for any food that became available. ...

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RUSSIAN REVOLUTIONARY AVANT-GARDE The avant-garde way of life prospered in Russia directly following the Revolution of 1917, generating one of the most awe-inspiring art movements of the twentieth century. Assembling an entirely new government, the Bolsheviks gave free reign to the Russian avant-garde to create a new culture and thus a new society through art. For this brief time, the culture of the avant-garde was synonymous with official cultural policy of the Soviets. Its leaders were empowered to establish government-sponsored art schools, and an entire system that espoused some of...

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During this period, the Social Democrats split into two factions, the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Lenin, and the Mensheviks. ... It was the end of any trace of "normal" family life for Stalin, and witnesses saw tears in his eyes at her funeral--the only report that we have of the great dictator crying. ...

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