Why Did The Revolutionary Revolution Occur

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Russian as a country has a very long and interesting history. There are a lot of different events happened which shaped Russian political and cultural life. However, two biggest events have took place in the beginning of 20th century which played a significant role of forming government and a new society. There were two big revolutions in the beginning in 1917's, the first one February Revolution which happened in February 1917 and the second one is October Revolution, also known as Bolshevik Revolution, which happened in October 1917. Between these two historical events was a time of change or by another word transition period. In my opinion, two revolutions, they were different. During the first one, a lot of people have died, when the second …show more content…

One of the reasons why February revolution have occurred is World War One. World War One played an interesting role for both revolutions, at the same time it is a comparison and contrast in both cases. The World War One began in 1914, unfortunately Russian was not doing well. Thousands of people were killed, but it was not the only reason. Another reason was economic crisis, which helped to cause a collapse in society. Nevertheless, revolutions were different. The first distinction is that the February Revolution was to a greater extent an unconstrained mob of the general population instead of an revolution while the October Revolution was a genuine oust of the administration drove by Vladimir Lenin. First, people have to understand that nobody called for a February Revolution. The main participants of riot were peasants. As I mentioned before, World War One caused a lot of problem for a government. Common people were completely tired from thing which were happening during the war time. One of the proofs that people have experienced hard times and very unhappy with their lives is Miliukov's Speech to the Duma. Miliukov gave his speech to the Duma on November 14, 1916, which is three months before February Revolution have occurred. In his speech he is

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