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The Russian Revolution
BEFORE THE REVOLUTION
In 1900
Russian Empire had this characteristics
The economy was semi-feudal
agricultural land was owned
worked by a peasant majority
Around 1890
industrialisation began, giving rise to the formation
There was social unrest
three-quarters of the population were peasants
The government was autocratic
Civil rights were not recognised
political parties were repressed
THE CAUSES OF THE REVOLUTION
Tsar Nicholas II (1894–1917)
The appearance of political parties
despite being forbidden
various political parties were created
They were unhappy
of rights and miserable condition
The 1905 Revolution
January 1905
industrial workers moved peacefully
The Social Democratic Workers' Party met in secret
soviets were formed in St Petersburg and Moscow
The Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905)
Russia and Japan fought
To control Manchuria
Participation in the First World War
1914
Russian Empire took part in the First World War
THE 1917 REVOLUTIONS
In 1917
revolution took place in two phases
The February Revolution: the provisional government
was a successful revolution
In March 1917
provisional government was formed
by the socialist Alexander Kerensky
The new government
proclaimed Russia a republic
democratic regime
A parallel government was created
By Petrograd Soviet
The October Revolution: the Bolshevik government
established a new proletarian government
Council of People's Commissars
In 1918
the first actions of Lenin
expropriate land
And redistribute it among the peasants
Communist Party
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Third International
In January 1918
civil war broke out in Russia
THE CREATION OF THE USSR
In 1922
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
Economy
New Economic Policy (NEP)
Territorial organisation
The USSR was a federal state
Political organisation
proletariat dictatorship
political power was held by the soviets
The Communist Party of the Soviet Union
