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The Bolshevik Party under Vladimir Lenin took over Russia in 1917. In March 1918, the Bolsheviks changed their name to the Communist Party.

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The Bolsheviks under Vladimir Lenin took control of Russia's government in 1917. In 1918 they changed their name to Communists.

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What communist party took over Russia after the Revolution?

The Bolshevik Party took power after the October Revolution in 1917. After the February Revolution, power was vested in the Provisional Government with no particular political party in sole power.


What group took control of Russia in 1917 and would be in power until the 1990's?

The Communist Party, although when it took over in 1917 it was known as the Bolshevik Party. It changed its name in March 1918, but the people in power in the party and the country did not change.


What was the radical communist group that took over Russia in the Russian Revolution?

The Bolshevik Party was the radical communist group that took over Russia in the October Russian Revolution. In 1918, the Bolshevik Party changed its name to the Communist Party.


How instrumental was Lenin in the over throw of the Czar in 1917?

Lenin and his Communist party did not have a large part in the resignation of the Czar in 1917.


Why is Russia's nickname the Soviet Union?

It is not. In 1917, Vladimir Lenin and his Bolshevik Party took over Russia and changed it into a communist nation. That nation became the Soviet Union, a group of communist states combined into one country. In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed and broke up into fifteen countries, including Russia.


What happened in Russia and Germany when the Communist party took over?

they gain independents


When did Communists take over Russia?

They assumed power in 1917 and they had total control by 1921.


What group took over Russia and established a Communist government during WW1?

The Bolshevik Party (later called the Communist Party) under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin established a "communist" government in Russia during World War 1. Strictly speaking, they established a socialist government, but they referred to it as a communist government.


Who where the communist in World War I?

The Communists were a political faction in imperial Russia, until they took over parts of the country in the revolution of 1917. However, Russia had by then already exited WW1.


What was the outcome of the Bolshevik revolutions in Russia in 1917?

the Soviet Union became the worlds first communist state


What was the name of the Russian communists who over threw their government in 1917?

The name of those communists at that time was "Bolsheviks." Later in March 1918, they changed their name from the Bolshevik Party to Communist Party.


What is the name of the group took over Russia during Russian revolution?

The Bolshevik Party led the October Revolution of 1917. There was another revolution in 1917 called the February Revolution, the the October Revolution is commonly referred to as the Russian Revolution, because it resulted in the establishment of the Communist government and the Soviet Union.