THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION 1917 | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | LEARN TO LEAD WITH AYESHA

In this video comprising of three parts I seek to explain all the major events of Russia's TWO revolutions of 1917– the February Revolution that ended Tsarist rule in Russia, and the October Revolution, that brought the Bolsheviks to power. I will explain why Tsar Nicholas II's was unpopular - the role of the mysterious Siberian mystic Rasputin, Russia's disastrous involvement in World War One, and the events on the streets of Petrograd that led to the Tsar's abdication. That summer Russia lurched from crisis to crisis, with a Provisional Government that faced riots (the July Days), military revolt (the Kornilov Affair), economic chaos, and constantly dwindling support. Socialist Prime Minister Alexander Kerensky, once hailed as Russia's great hope, was unable to restore order, or, in October, prevent the Bolsheviks from launching a coup, organised by Leon Trotsky and led by Vladimir Lenin, that overthrow the Provisional Government and brought the Bolsheviks to power. A brutal civil war (which I will explain in part 3) followed, leading to the death of more than 10 million Russians – amongst them Tsar Nicholas II and his family, executed by Bolsheviks at Yekaterinburg in July 1918. After WWII the Soviet Union emerged as one of the 20th century's two superpowers.

If you haven't watched my comprehensive videos on WW1, here's the links:
   • WORLD WAR I | BACKGROUND, CAUSES AND EVENT...  
   • WORLD WAR I PART 2 | CAUSES AND EVENTS | L...  

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