write a viewpoint Russian revolution of the people ,Andre a peasant write a paragraph plz
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The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social revolution across the territory of the Russian Empire which started with the abolishment of monarchy and concluded with the establishment of the Soviet Union by the Bolsheviks and the end of the civil war.
Russian Revolution
Armed soldiers carry a banner reading 'Communism', Nikolskaya street, Moscow, October 1917.jpg
Armed soldiers carry a banner reading 'Communism', Nikolskaya Street, Moscow, October 1917.
Date
8 March 1917 – 16 June 1923
Duration
February Revolution:
8–16 March 1917
(O.S. 23 February – 3 March)
October Revolution:
7–8 November 1917
(O.S. 25 – 26 October)
Civil War:
7 November 1917 – 25 October 1922/16 June 1923
(Revolt against Soviet rule continued in Central Asia until 1934)
Location
former Russian Empire
Participants
Russian society, Bolsheviks, Mensheviks, SRs, etc.
Outcome
February Revolution:
Abdication of Nicholas II
Collapse of the Empire
October Revolution:
Collapse of the Republican government
Creation of the Soviet Russia by the bolsheviks
Beginning of the civil war
Civil War:
Defeat of the White Army
Independence of Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland
Soviet republics established in Transcaucasia, Belarus and Ukraine
Unification of Soviet republics in the Soviet Union
It began with the February Revolution which was focused around Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg), the capital of Russia at that time. It took place in the context of heavy military setbacks during the First World War, which left much of the Russian Army in a state of mutiny. In the chaos, members of the Duma, Russia's parliament, assumed control of the country, forming the Russian Provisional Government which was heavily dominated by the interests of large capitalists and the noble aristocracy. The army leadership felt they did not have the means to suppress the revolution, resulting in the abdication of Emperor Nicholas II. Grassroots community assemblies called 'Soviets', which were dominated by soldiers and the urban industrial working class, initially permitted the Provisional Government to rule, but insisted on a prerogative to influence the government and control various militias.
A period of dual power ensued, during which the Provisional Government held state power while the national network of Soviets, led by socialists, had the allegiance of the lower classes and, increasingly, the left-leaning urban middle class. During this chaotic period there were frequent mutinies, protests and strikes. Many socialist political organizations were engaged in daily struggle and vied for influence within the Duma and the Soviets, central among which were the Bolsheviks ("Ones of the Majority") led by Vladimir Lenin who campaigned for an immediate end to the war, land to the peasants, and bread to the workers. When the Provisional Government chose to continue fighting the war with Germany, the Bolsheviks and other socialist factions were able to exploit virtually universal disdain towards the war effort as justification to advance the revolution further. The Bolsheviks turned workers' militias under their control into the Red Guards (later the Red Army) over which they exerted substantial control.[1]