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Russian Revolution of 1917

  WHO- The Bosheviks, led my Vladamir Lenin rebelled against the Russia, his friend Leon Trotsky helped him. Alexandr Kerensky was also an important part of the Revolution. Lenin's followers were also called communists at this time because they were in fact, communist. The Bolsheviks were a radical offgroup of the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party.

WHAT- It was a revolution of the Bolsheviks against the government of Imperial Russia. It was an overthrow of tsar nicholas the second and lenin and the bosheviks took power.

WHEN- It started in February 23rd of 1917 and it went throughout the year of 1917.

WHERE- It took place in Imperial Russia

WHY- The common people didn't like the way they were being treated. The government was weak, because of World War 1, so Lenin took this as an opportunity to take power of Russia.

Works Cited: "Russian Revolution of 1917, Series of Events in Imperial Russia That Culminated in 1917 with the Establishment of the Soviet State That Became Known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)." //Emayzine 2001 //. Web. 24 May 2011. [].

 //Britanica //. 26th ed. 995. Print.

Character in Animal Farm: We think that The Revolution is the Battle of Cowshed. It is where the people overthrow the Czar and take power for themselves. They used the Ideas from Old Major (Karl Marx) and used force to show they mean business. 