Russian And French Revolutions
Russian And French RevolutionsBoth the French and Russian revolutions occurred because of two
main reasons. Both of these revolutions were the direct results of
bad leadership and a bad economy. These two reasons along with other
factors caused both of these revolutions. Although they were both
similar, they also had differences. A difference between the two is
that the Russians had an unsuccessful "pre-revolution" in 1905.
Another difference between these two revolutions is the fact that the
French turned towards a democracy while the Russian government became
communist.
In 1905 , Russia had a prerevolution that was put down of the
Czar. Instead of learning from this prerevolution, Czar Nicholas II,
made a very big mistake by in not introducing some reforms to correct
the problems. So because of his actions, the situation grew worse.
In 1917, the Russians were fighting in World War I. A good majority
of the Russian people were weary and uncontent with the way the war
was going and with the Czar's rule. This uncontent along with
economic hardships caused riots and demonstrations to break out. The
Czar called for the army to put down the revolution as they did in
1905. But the army joined the revolt and the Czar was kicked out of
power soon afterwards. A temporary government was set up to decide on
what kind of government Russia was gonna set up. Two political
parties were set up. The Bolsheviks were one of the two. The leader
of the Bolshevik party was a man named Lenin. Lenin was a firm
believer of the theories and ideas of Karl Marx. So with his slogan
of "Bread, Peace and Land", Lenin gained the support of the peasants
and...
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