communist revolution in Russia?

Question

They have so many revolutions I am left confused..
So the Czar fell because the ruler was to autocratic, yes? Then Why did communism stick so well?
Was the overthrown form of government origonaly intened to be an autocracy, or something else?
Who were the key people in the revolution? I read Rasputins name somewhere, did he do anything?
How did the revolution effect the people of Russia?

I know, there are many questions! If you could help me, that would be great! Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Your question indicates you know very little about the Russian Revolution of 1917. There is not enough space here to inform you. I suggest you get a good book on the subject and read it. That is the best way to get all of those questions answered.

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Answer 2

The Bolsheviks (Communists) gained popularity quickly after taking power because they promised two things that the czar could not: peace and land.

The First World War was bankrupting and starving Russia into oblivion. The country was falling into chaos, and despite calls to withdraw from the war from the nobility, Czar Nicolas I insisted in pursuing war against Germany and Austria-Hungary. In addition, old promises he made to distribute land to the peasantry were revoked. The Czar feared this policy would encourage revolution, and further destabilize the country.

The other allies, Britain, France, Italy and the US, pressured the czar to stay in the war in order to weaken the Central Powers. So the Bolsheviks fulfilled their promises, and withdrew from the war and gave over land seized from the nobility to the peasants.

During the Russian Civil War, from 1918 - 1920, the former allies of Imperial Russia, Britain, France and the US, supported the "whites" - who were the monarchists, against the "reds" who were the Communists. So it wasn't difficult getting the majority to go along with the Communists and soon the monarchists were defeated.
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Answer 3

The Czar abdicated and the government of the First Provisional Republic was formed. Its leader was Alexander Kerensky. That was in February of 1917. In October of 1917, Lenin and the Bolsheviks overthrew the Kerensky government and he went into exile, eventually ending up in the U.S. Lenin's fellow revolutionary was Leon Trotsky, a fellow Russian who lived in Staten Island in NYC. When Lenin came to power as the head of Soviet Russia, he did so by promising three things:" Peace, bread and land". Kersenky did not favor Russia withdrawing from the World War being fought against Imperial Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Lenin did. So, in less than three months, Lenin negotiated a separate peace treaty called the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. He distributed the foods stores seized from the government warehouses to the peasants. He also broke up the huge estates of land owned by the Kulaks and doled them out to landless peasants. Even given that, Lenin had to change his economic model within three years and adopt his "New Economic Plan" which was, essentially, a return to capitalism.
After Lenin died in 1924, he was succeeded as head of Soviet Russia by a man from the Republic of Georgia called Joseph Stalin. That man solidified the hold of communism and created a dictatorship in the process. He even had Trotsky forced into exile and was behind the murder of Trotsky in Mexico in 1941.
The Kerensky Revolution which deposed the Czar was the first revolution. Lenin deposing Kersensky was the second. The breakup of the Soviet Union and the removal of the Communist Party from having total power happened in late 1991 and was considered the third revolution. What's funny is that the current flag of the Russian Federation is the same one adopted by the Kerensky government after the abdication of the Czar.

Answer 4

1) the czar felt because he did not comprehend the reality. he was too weak and soft for his times. and after all he was alone . no team behind him. the comunism did not stick so well. it was nailed by a bunch of people around lenin , some idealistic, some power greedy, control freaks. they used nicely told lies or brute force obtainded by manipulation on army elements.
2) yes, it was originaly intended to be an autocracy, a sort of absolute monarchy. a tradition in russia for 500 years or so.
3) lenin, trotsky, ( a sort of borman for hitler ) , and others. rasputin was in the grey zone.so far.
4) all in all , painfully . very.

Answer 5

The Russian Revolution of 1917 was a series of political and social upheavals in Russia, involving first the overthrow of the tsarist autocracy, and then the overthrow of the liberal and moderate-socialist Provisional Government, resulting in the establishment of Soviet power under the control of the Bolshevik party. This eventually led to the establishment of the Soviet Union, which lasted until its dissolution in 1991.

The February Revolution of 1917 (March 1917 in the Western Calendar), which led directly to the fall of the autocracy of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the last Tsar of Russia, and which sought to establish in its place a democratic republic. Trotsky released Bolshevik leaders hoping they would join the provisional government but instead they became the red guard (later the red army). At this point the country had been rechristened the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Vladimir Lenin created ten Bolshevik policies, one entitled "Abolish all State Debt", meaning any debt the prior country held to other countries was now considered eliminated. This caused other countries to become interested in what was going on in Russia. Eventually Lenin introduced War Communism but it was highly unsuccessful so the New Economic Policy* was created to help restore the economy until it had caught back up to the rest of the world.
A period of dual power, in which the Provisional Government held state power and the national network of Soviets, led by socialists, had the allegiance of the lower-classes and the political Left. The Mensheviks were also fighting for control over the country at this time.
The October Revolution (November in the Western Calendar), in which the Bolshevik party, led by Vladimir Lenin, and the workers' Soviets, overthrew the Provisional Government and brought about a quite dramatic change in the social structure of Russia, as well as paving the way for the USSR. While many notable historical events occurred in Moscow and St. Petersburg, there was also a broadly-based movement in cities throughout the country, among national minorities throughout the empire, and in the rural areas, where peasants seized and redistributed land.[citation needed]
New Economic Policy closely resembled a Mixed Economy and it was introduced to temporarily restore the economy. It proved extremely successful and was abolished in 1929 following Lenin's death.
See "Russian history, 1892-1917" for the general frame of events.

At the start of 1917, a turning point in Russian history, the country was ripe for revolution -- and, indeed, this year saw two very distinct ones: the first, known as the February Revolution, growing rapidly, creating expanded social opportunities but also great uncertainty. Peasant villagers more and more often migrated between agrarian and industrial work environments, and many relocated entirely, creating a growing urban labor force. A middle class of white-collar employees, businessmen and professionals (the latter group comprising doctors, lawyers, teachers, journalists, engineers, etc.) was on the rise. Even nobles had to find new ways to subsist in this changing economy, and contemporaries spoke of new classes forming (proletarians and capitalists, for example), although these classes were also divided along crisscrossing lines of status, gender, age, ethnicity and belief. If anything, it was becoming harder to speak of clearly-defined social groups or boundaries. Not only were groups fractured in various ways, their defining boundaries were also increasingly blurred by migrating peasants, worker intellectuals, gentry professionals and the like. Almost everyone felt that the texture of their lives was transformed by a spreading commercial culture which remade the surfaces of material life (buildings, store fronts, advertisements, fashion, clocks and machines) and nurtured new objects of desire.[1]

By 1917, the growth of political consciousness, the impact of revolutionary ideas, and the weak and inefficient system of government (which had been debilitated further by its participation in the First World War), should have convinced the emperor, Nicholas II to have taken the necessary steps towards reform. In January 1917, in fact, Sir George Buchanan, the British Ambassador in Russia, advised the emperor to "break down the barrier that separates you from your people to regain their confidence." He received little response from Nicholas.

The people of Russia resented the autocracy of Nicholas II and the corrupt and anachronistic elements in his government. He was out of touch with the needs and aspirations of the Russian people, the vast majority of whom were victims of the wretched socio-economic conditions which prevailed. Socially, Tsarist Russia stood well behind the rest of Europe in its industry and farming, resulting in few opportunities for fair advancement on the part of peasants and industrial workers. Economically, widespread inflation and food shortages in Russia contributed to the revolution. Militarily, inadequate supplies, logistics, and weaponry led to heavy losses that the Russians suffered during World War I; this further strengthened Russia's view of Nicholas II as weak and unfit to rule. Ultimately, these factors, coupled with the development of revolutionary ideas and movements (particularly since the 1905 Bloody Sunday Massacre) led to the Russian Revolution.