RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
Assignment submitted for the Internal Assessment of
ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND USAGE
By,
ADHIN K
( First year, 3rd sem BA English)
Roll No : 1
Under the guidance of
MRS. DIVYA
(Asst. Professor, Dept. of HISTORY)
SNES College of Arts, Commerce and Management
SNES COLLEGE OF ARTS, COMMERCE AND
MANAGEMENT CHETHUKADAVU
Date Submitted: Signature of the Professor
RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
The Russian Revolution, popularly known as the ‘October
Revolution' of 1917 could significantly influence the course of
world history in the 20th century. The revolution was
successfully conducted under the leadership of Lenin and Trotsky,
Who were inspired and guided by the communist ideas of Karl
Marx. lt was an entirely different type of revolution when compared
with that of the earlier revolutions in world history especially in
ideology and method. It was a strategically organized revolution
with well planned programmes and the leaders of the revolution
had clear ideas about the government to be formed after the
revolution The socialist government established after. the
revolution, brought fundamental changes in the Russian society,
during its existence of nearly seventy five ycars.The Impact of
Russian revolution was not limited to Russia only, but all over the
world either in the form of establishing socialist governments or
in the form of continuing revolutions. The October Revolution
was the first successful communist revolution in the world
Several interrelated causative factors had contributed for the
outbreak of the revolution. However, the tyrannical despotic rule
of the Czar was the fundamental one he emperors of Russia,
the Czars believed in the Divine Right theory of kingship' and
ruled the empire for their own interests without considering the
problems of the common people. The Czar, Nicholas II, The Russian
emperor in the beginning of the 20th century was under the vicious
influence of a wicked priest named Rasputin through the Czarina,
the queen. Able military commanders and high officials were
dismissed and sycophants were appointed.
Towards the end of the 19th century, all other European
nations had become industrialized, Russia still remained an
agricultural country with feudal relations and mode of production.
Though Russia had begun industrialization by the end of the
19th century, more than half of the capital had come form other
European countries.
Czar Alexander III, who cạme to power in 1881 was very
harsh towards public activițies. He was very keen to see that no
labour unions were formed. This attitude of the ruler forced the
people and workers to form Secret organizations. The activities of
the political parties centered around the problems of the
agricultural sector. The only exception was the 'Narodniks,' a secret
organization of socialists which had worked for the redressel of
the grievances of different sections of Russian society. Its
leader, Plekhanov escaped to Switzerland to avoid arrest and
persecution in his home land. He contacted other Russian
emigrants in Switzerland and finally formed the Russian Social
Democratic Party (RSDP) in 1883.
An 1898 various socialist groups joined together to form the
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP). But soon,
differences arose among the members resulting in a split in RSDLP.
The majority under Lenin came to be known as Bolsheviks and
the minority as Mensheviks. While the Mensheviks stood for
parliamentary democratic system with the support of all liberal
groups, the Bolsheviks declared that there is no relevance of a
parliamentary democratic system.
RESULT OF RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
The Russian revolution of 1917 fundamentally reshaped Russia,
leading to profound changes domestically and internationally. The
revolution unfolded in two stages : The February revolution and the
October revolution. The revolutions immediate aftermath was a
brutal civil war between the red army, supporting the Bolsheviksand
the white army, composed of anti-Bolsheviks. Russia withdrew from
the first world war, seized the land owned by the nobles and
distributed it to the peasants. Made the factories public to the people.
They gave importance to public ownership. Centralized planning
was implemented. Progress has been made in economic, scientific,
and technical fields. In 1924, the new constitution came into force.
The soviet republics merged to form the Soviet Union or Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). It emerged as a major
superpower, engaging ideological and geopolitical rivalry
