Bolshevik Revolution of November 1917?

Question

Do you think that the success of the Bolshevik Revolution of November 1917 led to (A) the majority of Russians being worse off than they would have been if that Revolution had never occurred, or led to (B) the majority of Russians being better off than they would have been if that revolution had never occured.

Answer 1

The were much worse off, it just took us many years to find out how bad. Stalin was telling the world the USSR was a workers paradise and things were wonderful, when in fact the great terror was executing millions. The point is the ruling forces did little to improve life for the masses of people, and eventually they threw off one system for a worse one.

Answer 2

Most of the responders seem to be under the impression that the Bolshevik Revolution (through a difference in calendars usually called the October Revolution) overthrew the Czar, which is not the case.

The Czar was toppled by another revolution eight months earlier, which attempted to establish (insofar as that was possible for a backward nation in the midst of a war) a liberal democracy.

If it had not been for Bolshevik agitation both in the army and in the factories, that government might have been able to hold out against the Germans until the weight of the US entry into the war had made itself felt, though admittedly its challenges were daunting in a nation that had known nothing but tyranny.

Put like that, there is no reasonable choice. Who would opt instead for the tens of millions of people starved to death or murdered by Lenin and Stalin and a totalitarianism far more cruel and absolute than Nicholas II's had ever been?

Answer 3

neither...because though the bolshevik revolution might have been a good thing for a while it led to mistrust between russia and the U.S. because the U.S. did not recognize the Bosheviks as Leaders. This mistrust led to more problems after WWII which led to the Cold War....

Answer 4

Well i think Communism works in theory but dosent work in real life as people are naturally greedy and flawed. I think if they had stayed with the Czar system they would have been better of simply because Stalin would have never gotten power and the cold war wouldnt have happened. If the rev never happed they would have at least have had free trade and probably a better life assuming they recovered from WW1

Answer 5

Neither. I think the Czar Nicholas the II [or was it III?] was treating them bad already when he involoved them in WWI [and also ignoring his peoples needs], but when Stalin was murdering millions of his people and involving his country in WWII, that also could go against the success of the Revolution. All though Stalins 5 year plan did help industrialize the country and did relish in equality of women.

Answer 6

the majority of russians were completely apathetic to the whole situation.

Answer 7

neither.....