Summary: Russian Revolution
During the Russian Revolution, People wanted to remove Czar Nicholas from the throne since he wanted to continue the autocratic rule and be able to have total power. The citizens wanted to reform the corrupt government and get rid of the Czar and the autocracy. Rapid industrialization also increased the social discontent of the people of Russia. The growth of factories caused problems such as hard working conditions, child labor, and low wages. Many groups organized uprisings and strikes like The Proletariats, or the working class, and the Bolsheviks, a group of revolutionaries who were willing for change. On January 22, 1905, workers went to Czar's palace to insist for better working conditions and a legislature. Czar then ordered his guards to kill the crowd of people which became known as Bloody Sunday. Revolutionaries soon executed the Czar and created a provisional government called the Duma. Within months Bolsheviks took over the temporary government. The Bolsheviks gave control of the factories to the workers and also gave peasants farmland. Essential Question: Did The Russian Revolution accomplish its goals? Yes, the Russian Revolution did accomplish its goals because citizens were more educated, a parliament called the Duma was made, the autocracy was overthrown, there were better working conditions, and peasants could now sell their surplus crops instead of handling them over to the government with their new farmland. During the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 , the bolsheviks and their leader Lenin created a bolshevik government that provided a sense of control, gave workers control of the factories, and provided peasants with farmland that was distributed. Also The March Revolution, where women textile workers went on a strike also caused the Czar to step down from the throne providing the revolution with an accomplished goal. A Quote from a Workers petition during the revolution states that, "And so we left our work and declared to our employers that we will not return to work until they meet our demands. We do not ask much; we only want that without which life is hard labor and eternal suffering"(Vasimov). The workers and revolutionaries created many petitions on achieving better working conditions and having less laboring hours so they are not overworked. |