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The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution Origins of discontent On November 7, Russians celebrate the anniversary of the violent upheaval that overthrew the czarist government in 1917. What forces toppled the…

The Russian Revolution

  The Russian Revolution   The Revolution of 1905         The Russian Revolution of 1905 began in St. Petersburg on Jan. 22 (Jan. 9, O.S.) when troops fired on a defenseless crowd…

The Russian Revolution

  The Russian Revolution   The February Revolution     By March, 1917 (the end of Feb., 1917, O.S., thus the name February Revolution), most of the workers in Petrograd (St.…

The Russian Revolution

1917 - The October Revolution       Revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky In April, 1917, Lenin and other revolutionaries returned to Russia after having been permitted by the German…

The Russian Revolution

  The Russian Revolution   The Civil War of 1918-20     The civil war between the Bolsheviks (Reds) and the anti-Bolsheviks (Whites) ravaged Russia until 1920. The Whites…

The Russian Revolution

Watch this video and find information about the history of the Russian Revolution, leader Stalin, and the resulting Communist Party.

Recalling the "Reagan Revolution"

The Question: What states didn't Reagan win in his 1980 and 1984 election? The Answer: In the 1980 election, Ronald Reagan, with…

revolutions of 1848

(Encyclopedia) revolutions of 1848, in European history. The February Revolution in France gave impetus to a series of revolutionary explosions in Western and Central Europe. However the new French…

DK History: Industrial Revolution

HOW WERE FACTORIES POWERED? WHY WERE GOODS MASS PRODUCED? HOW DID WORKING CONDITIONS CHANGE? BIOGRAPHY: ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL 1806–1859 TRANSPORTATIONURBANIZATIONFIND OUT MOREThe Industrial…