(Encyclopedia) revolution, in a political sense, fundamental and violent change in the values, political institutions, social structure, leadership, and policies of a society. The totality of change implicit ...
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 Petrogr…
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 Wh…
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 de…
1917 - The October Revolution
Revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky In April, 1917, Lenin and other revolutionaries returned to Russia after having been permitted b…
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 forc…
