Russian Revolution
Definition
The Russian Revolution refers to a period of political and social revolution across the territory of the Russian Empire, commencing in 1917 with the abolition of monarchy and concluding in 1923 with the Bolshevik establishment of the Soviet Union.
Analogy
Think about it like a school where students are unhappy with their principal's rules. They rally together, protest, and eventually overthrow the principal to establish new rules that they believe will be more fair.
Related terms
Bolsheviks: A faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party which split apart from the Menshevik faction at its Second Party Congress in 1903. The Bolsheviks seized power in Russia during the October Revolution phase of the Russian Revolution in 1917.
Vladimir Lenin: A revolutionary thinker and politician who played a pivotal role in history as leader of Russia from 1917 until his death in 1924. He was instrumental in turning Russia into a socialist state governed by one party - Communist Party.
Soviet Union: A federal socialist state that existed from 1922 to 1991. It was nominally a union of multiple national republics; but its government and economy were highly centralized.
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