10 Interesting Fact About The Russian Revolution

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• The Russian Revolution began on February 23, 1917 (in the Julian calendar) or March 8, 1917 (in the Gregorian calendar) when the demonstration at Petrograd (now St. Petersburg) triggered the overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II.
• This rebellion was led by the Bolshevik group led by Vladimir Lenin.
• Lenin returns from exile in Switzerland to Russia with the help of the German government.
• The Bolshevik government issued a decree about land that distributed land to farmers and decrees about peace that told the world that Russia would withdraw from World War I.
• This revolution causes the formation of the Soviet Union and the beginning of communism in world history.
• Tsar Nicholas II and his family were executed by Bolshevik on July 17, 1918.
• There are two phases in the Russian revolution: February Revolution and October Revolution.
• The February Revolution overthrows the Tsar government and formed a temporary government led by Alexander Kerensky.
• The October Revolution saw Bolshevik seizing power and forming a Soviet government led by Lenin.
• The Russian Revolution influenced the revolutionary movement throughout the world and became the beginning of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and Western countries.