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Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution. Leon Trotsky was his highest assistant.
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What did Vladimir Lenin first believe about the concept of permanent revolution?
The idea or theory of permanent revolution was the work of two Marxists, A.L. Parvus and A.D. Trotsky. These men placed this theory as an important one working towards a successful Marxist or Bolshevik revolution in Russia. Lenin rejected the concept and believed as late as 1918, the theory had no merit and was not relevant to the situation in the new Russia.
How was Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia killed?
Anastasia was killed in 1917 by the rebels who won the February revolution. The royal family was brought into a room and was given two chairs, being told that they were getting their picture taken. Instead men opened doors with guns and killed the entire family, this led to Lenins takeover of Russia
How did America have better leadership in American revolution?
They were led by leaders who wanted independence. The British were led by men who took order from the King without much motivation to win.
Why was there a Russian civil war?
The 1917 Bolshevik Revolution was the communists over throwing the Tsarist government. --Edit Well, firstly, the answer above is relevent, but not the answer to the question asked. When the October Revolution in Russia came about in 1917, there were lots of other political groups in Russia besides the Bolsheviks. The Bolsheviks, led by Lenin, felt that they alone deserved to rule Russia, and didn't believe in a coalition government. Originally, Lenin had a Constituent Assembly, but since the Bolsheviks gained less seats in the vote than the Left SRs, he dissolved the Constituent Assembly, basically rendering Russia a single-party state. This obviously annoyed the rest of the communist groups, which joined in the general unrest. The Russian civil war came about for several reasons; including the general unrest with the Bolsheviks being in power from: Ex-Tsarist supporters Army generals Clerical associations Rightist groups Left SRs + Mensheviks FOREIGN SUPPORT - Allied powers - British, France, etc. The Russian civil war was basically the "Reds" [Bolsheviks] vs. the "Whites" [everyone mentionned above] The foreign support was there because the Bolsheviks saw the First World War as an "Imperialist" war, and not their business, and so withdrew Russia [The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk]. They also refused to pay back the war loans to the Allied forces, as they did not feel they had to, being a new government after the Provisional Government. The Allies also felt that if they defeated the Bolsheviks were defeated, Russia would rejoin the war and fight Germany on another border. As Churchill put it, England wished to "Strangle the Bolshevik Revolution in the cradle." The allied forces had a fear of communism. The Russian Civil war was basically inevitable, which the leaders of the Bolshevik party was aware of - which was a leading reason as to why the Bolshevik party left the First World War, as they knew they'd need the men and ammunition [but also because the 1st World War had been the demise of both the Tsar and the Provisional Government] - as Russia was in a critical period of revolution and reform.
Tell me facts about the Tsar's rule in Russia?
1. Russian leadership under foreign rulers (Catherine the Great was German/Polish; Tsar Nicolas was a cousin to Germany's Kaiser, etc.) 2. European nobility verses Russian peasants (European rich men verses Russian poor people). 3. Russian expansion EASTWARD into Siberia and to the pacific coast. 4. The Trans-Siberian Railroad; a transcontinental railroad crossing east/west (west/east) across the Russian continent (Eurasian Continent). 5. The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905 which removed Russia from the naval arms race in the 20th century, and led to the rise of Lenin and the Bolsheviks, which culiminated in the Russian Revolution (Bolshevik Revolution in 1917).
