Lenin opposed World War I , which began in , as an imperialistic conflict and called on proletariat soldiers to turn their guns on the capitalist leaders who sent them down into the murderous trenches. For Russia, World War I was an unprecedented disaster: Russian casualties were greater than those sustained by any nation in any previous war.
Meanwhile, the Russian economy was hopelessly disrupted by the costly war effort, and in March riots and strikes broke out in Petrograd over the scarcity of food. Demoralized army troops joined the strikers, and on March 15, Nicholas II was forced to abdicate, ending centuries of czarist rule. After the outbreak of the February Revolution , German authorities allowed Lenin and his lieutenants to cross Germany en route from Switzerland to Sweden in a sealed railway car.
Berlin hoped correctly that the return of the anti-war Socialists to Russia would undermine the Russian war effort, which was continuing under the Provisional Government. Lenin became the virtual dictator of the first Marxist state in the world. His government made peace with Germany, nationalized industry, and distributed land, but beginning in had to fight a devastating civil war against czarist forces.
Petrograd was renamed Leningrad in his honor. After a struggle for succession, fellow revolutionary Joseph Stalin succeeded Lenin as leader of the Soviet Union. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! On November 6, , Rutgers beats Princeton, , in the first college football game.
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Before the amount of discontent amongst Russian population was huge to say the least. Taxes were high and unemployment rates were over the top. Soon after, the Tsarist regime became abhorred, mainly because it was considered repressive and undemocratic. These conditions created the perfect conditions for the creation of the Russian Social Democratic Party.
The Bolsheviks, as read before, were part of this party. As a matter of fact, Bolsheviks were Soviets who later separated in order to pursue their very own manifesto. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us!
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