Was the Russian Revolution a Success?

Question

What were some of it's goals? Were they achieved? If so, how? If not, why not? Elaborate. Please and Thank You!!!!

Answer 1

the russian revolution was sparked by the fact that the tzar rule had outlived its time. in the time of the industrial revolution russia was still an old fashioned feudal country. the inequalities between the aristocrats and the people were enormous, there were no political or social rights , and the war was a disaster.

the russian revolution was a messy affair that led to a long and bloody civil war, which may very well have influenced the country in to the authoritarian direction it headed.

in the end what most say is true, the bolsheviks fought and won only to find that they had simply replaced one dictatorship with another. but many would also say that nothing good came from it. that would be a very one sided look at things. for the average russian life improved significantly. free health care, food for the poor, and so on. also russia was transformed from an outdated feudal country to a superpower. in a poll taken as late as 2002 a majority of the people who had been around under stalin thought those were better times than the present. one cannot doubt that the revolution was imperfect but it did change life to the better for a majority of the russian people.

i hope this can help you, to give a somewhat balanced view. for as most historians would agree are the regular forms of good and evil useless if you wish to understand history. thinking e.g lenin did what he did because he was evil is a limiting view. in general imposing our standards on history will not bring you much understanding you must try to look at he society and times this movement arose, and why it took the turn it took.

good luck

Answer 2

In the eyes of a very select few, yes, the revolution was a success. This is the inevitable answer concerning any dictatorship, the ruling class always finds the results to their benifit and therefor find it a success, for a time. The goals, at least as stated, where to redistibute land and wealth and to "celebrate" the importance of the working class. This was of course no more than propaganda, as the working class where, and are, just that, the working class and as such are only "valued" as a usable commodity. Like it or not that is the way it is in every society that believes there is a higher duty to the society or culture than to the individual. The idea of "WE" the people is merely a rallying call to keep us all to busy to actually be free, happy, personally responsible individuals. Originally this nation, America, was the closest to this perfect society in that it made clear the existence of the rights of the individual and the importance of defending those rights. Our constitution made it clear, to anyone that cared to learn from it, that the "powers" that be will always tend towards abuse of that power and try to exert it's will over that of the individual. And that in the name of safety, security, or just plain old convenience, the individuals would in time give up certain of those rights until they find they can not afford to give any more. At this point, but hopefully long before it, our founders gave us the tools and the guidance to halt such things, and we have of course failed to use them.

Answer 3

The Russian Revolution was sparked by wealth inequalities between the Russian upper and lower classes. This wealth gap, and perceived failures and military losses of the monarchy caused much of the lower class to believe in Marx's vision of communism.

However, the people simply replaced one dictatorship with another, and no good ever came of it. Millions of Russians died under the yoke of the Soviet regime. It wasn't a good idea.

That's the quick and dirty answer.

Answer 4

As it ultimately led to Stalin, it was a success only if you consider the extermination of 60 million people a good thing.

Answer 5

You need to do your own homework, however, I would go to a library and look for stuff about the Russian Revolution and go from there.

Also look at your textbook and lecture notes, too.

Answer 6

Which one? Those crazy revolutionary Russians!!

Answer 7

no because while they overthrew the aristocracy all they did was replace it with the communist party, another rulling elite. the people remained oppressed.

Answer 8

you bet ye, just look at them now, from rags to riches in 20 years.

Answer 9

YES, the young Putinites are doing very well right now & they don't think much of America because of our stooge leadership! I guess they don't realize because of propaganda we don't think much of our government either!

Answer 10

Do your own homework.