The Russian Revolution

The Russians had a revolution mainly because of the gulf between the peasents who were former serfs and the land owners. They lost WWI against Germany, and there was starvation in the country. The peasants also felt that the czar should not pay attention on war, but should take care of their needs, and the economy was really bad. The major cause of the revolution was the Peasants getting mad at the czar cause he was not taking care of their needs. Also the government never recovered from their past. They lost their money in war, and never really recovered from it, it actuallyl kept getting worse. They didn't have technology that would contribute to the war, or to even lead them into victory. They lost thousands of their young soldiers.

Another reason was that the Russians didn't have an industrial revolution. The peasants wanted to throw out the old government, and wanted to go towards Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto. They wanted a communist country which they eventually did have for 75 years. During the revolution the czar was Nicholas II, who was not a bright man, or an ideal leader to run a country. Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks communist party. Lenin promised the Russian people "Peace, Land, and Bread".