Was the Bolshevik Revolution (October 1917 Revolution) a popular revolution? ?

January 8th, 2009
  • History essay :) just looking for pointers in the right direction.


  • what do you mean by 'popular'? most of the russian peasants were ready for a change, and most of them supported it. pretty much no nobility (russian or otherwise) did.



  • The Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917 was initiated by millions of people who would change the history of the world as we know it. When Czar Nicholas II dragged 11 million peasants into World War I, the Russian people became discouraged with their injuries and the loss of life they sustained. The country of Russia was in ruins, ripe for revolution.

    During a mass demonstration of women workers in February of 1917, the czar's officials called out the army to squelch the protesters. The women convinced the soldiers to put their guns away and help them in their cause. Czar Nicholas II was dethroned in Russia during this, the "February Revolution." The Provisional Government was formed to replace the void left by the deposed czar. This provisional government was made up of bankers, lawyers, industrialists, and capitalists. The provisional government was very weak and failed to live up to its promise of ending Russia's involvement in the war. They kept Russia in the war and just made things worse for themselves and for Russia.


  • With me it was. Those Tzars and Tzarinas- cheech.


  • It was a popular revolution with the soldiers,sailors, peasants and factory workers.
    It was well under way before Lenin returned from exile in Switzerland. He just organised it and gave it an unstoppable momentum.
    It was opposed by the ruling class and the church and the wealthy landowners.


  • What an astonishingly good bunch of answers. You need five things for a popular revolution.
    1) Social dislocation. In this case it was caused by the war.
    2) Crisis of confidence by those in power. In the Russian autocraacy it came down to the Czar and his advisors
    3) Loss of morale among the security forces.
    4) An ideology everyone can adhere to - with Lenin it was Peace and Bread.
    5) A revolutionary leadership willing to take risks.

    The Mensheviks could have squash the Bolsheviks if they had made peace. Sadly, Kerensky was too much of an establishment figure. See my answer to the question on Russia before Lenin's death for the probems facing the Bolsheviks once they took power.







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