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Soon after the Russian civil war the Bolsheviks were beginning to undergo change, a change implemented by Vladimir Lenin. Lenin wanted to change the name of the Bolsheviks to the Communists because it distinguished his followers from socialists. After the civil war the communists would follow a policy of limited capitalism until the death of Lenin. After Lenin's death Stalin took over and forced rapid industrialization no matter the cost turning the Russian people into slaves. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/129291/Communist-Party-of-the-Soviet-Union-CPSU

Vladimir Lenin

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Isaac Sherman, Jesse Beecher

Emmerton

HCAH-4B

12 October, 2014

The Sprout of Communism

The socialistic revolution of 1917 was potentially the first event to spread communism throughout Europe. Communism was sprouted when the Bolshevik’s first took control of Petrograd and it grew immensely through Stalin’s reign. It all began with sub-par leadership in Czar Nicholas II of Russia. This poor leadership was the gateway for a communist party to seep through. If the Czar would have made more advised decisions in his reign, communism may have never started in the first place. This revolution plays such a large role in our history, because without it, we may have never seen Stalin rise to power or communism spread rapidly. Although this event underlined the terrible communism in history, it could very easily recur. A crumbling society is very susceptible to unrealistic promises. These promises form from people that are starved of power and glory. No matter what we do, these people will cycle through society and strive to gain personal benefit off of their country. When in turmoil, we must do our best to avoid falling prey to the unrealistic ideas of a potential leader. If we do not have enough skepticism in our leaders, they will repeat some of the same strategies as Stalin did. For example, if the Russian citizens would have opened their eyes and seen that innocent people were being overruled on the basis of being a threat to the communist party, there could have possibly been another revolt against the Bolsheviks. We need to stay informed and aware of leaders who thirst for power, so that we are able to do something about it before it is too late.

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After being moved from residence to residence, in the night of July 16, 1918, they were suddenly woke up in the middle of the night by Bolshevik guards. The Czar, his wife Alexandra, and the children: Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexei were then executed in the basement of their house.

http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/July-August-08/On-this-Day--Bolsheviks-Murder-Czar-Nicholas-II-and-Family.html

The Czar, his wife , and his children

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In March of 1917, Czar Nicholas and his family had to abort his reign due to immense dissatisfaction among the Russian people. This dislike was formed from the Czar being a sub-par ruler and leading his people into very costly wars. There was much scrutiney and struggling during his reign. For these reasons, the Petrograd insurgents forced the Czar to retreat.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/russian-czar-abdicates

Portrait of Czar Nicholas II

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In August of 1917, General Kornilov gathered all of the resources to attempt to gain control and restore order in Petrograd. He attempted to blame these actions on Kerensky, the leader of the temporary government. Through these actions, an immense amount of problems with the provisional government rose to the surface. It was now made obvious that the temporary government was not strong enough to stand on its own.

http://alphahistory.com/russianrevolution/kornilov-affair/

General Lavr Kornilov

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Czar Nicholas Retrieves Power of Russian Army

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Czar Nicholas Retrieves Power of Russian Army

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The Czar was losing all sorts of support from his people, so against all of the other opinions, the Czar titled himself as the sole commander of the Russian Army. This decision proved to be one of the most detrimental in the Czar's reign because he was forced to take the blame for all of the failures for his country.

http://www.firstworldwar.com/source/russia_tsarincommand.htm Czar Nicholas II

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Lenin's reign finally ends with his death and now Stalin's iron rule will last for 30 years. Stalin would be a saint to some but to most he was a ruthless killer who would stop at nothing to secure his power for life.

http://history1900s.about.com/od/Russian-Revolution/a/Russian-Revolution.htm

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The Russian Civil war began with Finland declaring independence from Russia. Soon after Finland declared independence many other parts of the Soviet Union did as well. However back home in Russia there were two sides to the Russian Civil war, The Reds, or the Bolsheviks, and the monarchists', militarists, and even for a small time forign nations were the Whites.

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/russian_civil_war1.htm

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The Bolsheviks take control of the Winter Palace, the last stronghold of the Provisional Government. After the taking of the palace there was little to no more influence from the Provesional Government.

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/bolshevik.htm

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The Bolsheviks rise to power began with them taking over Petrograd. Soon after Lenin would begin to change the Bolsheviks to Communists.

http://spartacus-educational.com/RUSnovemberR.htm

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This time was the beginning of the revolutionaries taking action with strikes, demonstrations, and mutinies. Even women were joining the strikes, leaving their factories to stand up against the Czar.

http://history1900s.about.com/od/Russian-Revolution/a/Russian-Revolution.htm

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Born in Simbirsk, Lenin was an honors student whom was accepted into Kazan University to study law, however he was soon expelled due to participation in student protests. During that time he became interested in the works of Karl Marx. Lenin quickly became involved in Marxist societies and published many of his own writings. He founded a group called " The Union for the Liberation of the Working Class". He was soon arrested and sent to Siberia in exile, he and his wife left the country where he created his own propaganda machine. He returned to Russia while it was on the brink of revolution. Lenin one of if not the most important character in the Russian Revolution. He was the leader of the Bolshevik's and a head runner to start the revolution. He would soon become the Russian Dictator.

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Born in Tsarskoye Selo, Russia on May 18, 1868, Czar Nicholas II became the leader of Russia after he succeeded his father in 1894. After attempting to expand into Manchuria, Russia suffered a defeat from Japan causing riots and protests in Russia. He then was forced to grant a constitution create a parliament, which he named the Duma. The Duma gave many middle class people a say in the government. The Russian government suffered greatly when Nicholas made the decision to control the military, linking all military failures to the core of the government. Eventually his family and him were murdered from the orders of Bolshevik leader, Vladimir Lenin. The Czar is incredibly important to the Russian Revolution because he was a big reason as to why the Bolsheviks wanted a change. If his leadership did not cause many failures in Russia, this Revolution may have not occurred.

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A Communism theorist, prolific writer, and leader in the Russian Revolution, Leon Trotsky was the peoples commissar for foreign affairs under Lenin. Born in Yanovka ( present day Ukraine) Trotsky was introduced to Marxism as a young man when he would skip school to go and talk to political exiles and read illegal pamphlets. In 1897 he was one of the founders of the South Russian Workers Union. Trotsky played an important role in the Russian Revolution by being one of the major leaders, he was directly behind Lenin. Also he was the head of the Red Army as the people's commissar of navy and army affairs.

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Stalin was born in Gori, Georgia on December 18, 1879. He rose to his powerful regime by first being the General Secretary of the Communist Party. After the death of his mentor, Lenin , and the Russian Leader he became the Soviet dictator. He helped Russia in many ways by forcing industrialization and massive farming. However he killed many of his people to become one of the worlds top super powers. Stalin played a major role in the Russian Revolution because he was the leader of the Bolshevik's.

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Marx was born in Trier, Germany on May 5, 1818. Profound philosopher that developed many famous theories. One of with was the philosophy of socialism, or Marxism. Marx thought that the idea of capitalism (trade run by private owners) was very dissatisfying and that countries should strive for a socialist economy, or even Communist. He was a very important figure in the Russian Revolution because he fueled the Bolshevik's desire for Communism.