Compare And Contrast The French Revolution And Russian Revolution

The French and Russian revolutions are very similar and examining them, we can learn about the patterns revolution usually follow. The nobility neglected their people, so the peasants rose up, and intellectuals came forward to form groups and lead commoners. Understanding these patterns can greatly help us recognizing problems in present day, so hopefully it never gets to the point where citizens need to overthrow their government to live with rights again.

King Louis XVI and Tsar Nicholas II was both very weak leaders. Both were throw into being leaders of their countries and neither felt ready. Both were young when they first became leaders, King Louis at 20 and Nicholas at 26. Many were unconfident in King Louis and thought he was indecisive and had no social graces. People liked Nicholas, but as it grew obvious he was a bad Tsar, they started to dislike him. Also, both King Louis XVI and Tsar Nicholas II derived their power from the church. King Louis believed in Divine Right, the idea that god decided who is to be the ruler. During church ceremonies, people faced away from the priest and toward King Louis, who was standing looking down on everyone. Similarly, Nicholas II and the nobility got

their power from god in the Russian Orthodox Church, which was the official religion of Russia.
As the common people suffered while the nobility lived a life of luxury, people got angry.

In the french revolution, it was Maximilien Robespierre. He was a very influential person in the french revolution and essentially led it. The Russian parallel was a man named Vladimir Lenin. He led the russian revolution and believed a classless society was best. Another similarity is between Jean-Paul Marat and Lenin. Both were leaders in their revolutions and both founded to newspaper to spread the word of revolution to the people and share ideas. Eventually, both revolutions had groups formed to overthrow the government. Frences was the National Assembly. Another idea would be the Jacobins. For Russia, it was the Marxists, composed of mostly intellectual, wealthy

Russians.
Both revolutions started for the same reason. The peasants were struggling and couldn't take the mistreatment anymore. In both revolutions, the peasants struggles were very similar. For one they were overtaxed excessively. In France, more than 80 percent of the taxes paid went the national debt, military, and the nobibaltys palace at Versailles. All things that don't help the peasants eat and improve their lives. Also they were paying for a war they didn't need to be in. In Russia, it was World War 1. It was a complete waste of lives and money and made peasants angry. When the peasants were being mistreated, they stood up for themselves. One parallel between Russia and France that is an example of this is peasant women storming Versailles, trying to kill Marie Antoinette and braking into the winter palace in Russia to protest. They both figured they needed to go right to them and make themselves known to send a message that we are not giving up. Both revolutions were fighting for more rights for the common person.
While the french and Russian revolution ended differently, with a democracy in France and communism in Russia, the general pattern and even certain specifics are very similar. This is so important for us in the current day to pay attention to. We must solve problems people are facing before it gets to a point where they have no choice. This is what happened in France and Russia alike, and millions in each revolution died. History often repeats itself, so we should always be paying attention and looking deeper into the world.