The Russian Revolution happened in 1917, during the end of WWI. Stated by Spark Notes (doc. 5) the Russian Revolution transformed the “Russian empire into the union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), replacing Russia’s traditional monarchy with the world’s first communist state”. Nicholas II, who led Russia in the years leading up to the Revolution, played a huge role for the causes of the Russian Revolution. Before the February Revolution in 1917, the tsar thought his people loved him but he was wrong. During WWI, it united the Russians and fueled national pride stated in the history book page 376 (Doc. 4), but it quickly affected Russian resources. Factories couldn’t make any supplies, many soldiers didn’t have riffles, no ammunition, and poorly fed which led casualties reach two million and causing Nicholas II going to the front. What was even worse was, he left his wife the tsarina in charge and listening to a crazy sex addict Rasputin. With the people already distrusting the government, they see the tsarina is taking advice from Rasputin, weakening the confidence in the government even more.…show more content… Stated by Joan Neuberger (Doc. 1), “80-90% of the population were poor peasants, farmers just barely scratching a living from the land”. Before 1917, the peasants situation “won sympathy and support” from liberal members of the elite” stated by Joan Neuberger (Doc 1). However the “educated society” was angry about the government unable to address the problems of peasant poverty. They saw themselves as really wellbeing and educated Europeans, thinking that the peasant poverty was “preventing Russia from truly becoming a civilized European
