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Causes of the 1917 Russian Revolution

Posted on January 11, 2008
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November 10, 1917 Petrograd

Dear Bohdan;

I’m sure you have heard all about the over through of the government. Isn’t it grand? The land has been given to the people, free to whom ever wants to use it. With Lenin at the head of our great country how could times not be good? Let me explain the part I have played in all of this.

It all began in April, just 8 months ago when the government announced it was going to stick with the war despite popular opinion. “You can’t fight the people” that’s what we now say. In an attempt to turn the people back onto its side the government realized they had to make a few small favorable gestures like granting amnesty to the prisoners, and promising a contusion. Anyway, by the end of June for all intensive purposes the war was over, the army was in full retreat; we had lost to the Germans. The soviets made no waste of this opportunity and held a meeting here in Petrograd.

July however was not such a success. An attempted uprising, organized by the Bolsheviks, turns into mere riots. Many of my comrades were jailed and Lenin fled to Finland but our misfortune does not last long. When a general named Kornilov tries to march on the city, he discovers tat the railroad has been sabotaged and some Bolshevik, who were realized from jail, convince his men to mutiny.

By the end of October there was no support left for the Provisional Government, and they Bolsheviks seize the opportunity. Lenin returns and the Red Guard march on the winter palace with the aid of a cruiser under our control we ransacked the winter palace.

Lenin now has taken charge of the government and has already completed 2 of his promises. Land has been given to the people as I had mentioned earlier, and what makes food but land, no all that is left is peace and I know that is not far behind.

Now is the time for Russia to undertake some great changes, making us more powerful than Germany so we can one day recover that which they took. russian revolution timeline This final step may not be easy, in fact it may be the hardest step yet, but we’ll survive. We always do.

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