Russian Revolution

Collapse of tsarist Russia and the Bolshevik seizure of power, creating the first communist state.

Core Principles & Analysis

• The February Revolution forced Nicholas II’s abdication amid wartime collapse.
• Lenin’s Bolsheviks seized Petrograd in the October Revolution and pulled Russia out of the war.
• Civil war followed, ending with the founding of the Soviet Union in 1922.

Specifications & Metrics

• YEAR: 1917