In 1917, a country covering thousands of miles with millions of citizens changed radically in under a year. Through political and military means, the Russian state, its people and the world had been effectively shaped from a crumbling empire of Royalty into an idealistic young nation. The revolution had many causes and factors, many leaders and heroes for every faction. There was a quick but intense uprising, and when it was over, the government that was in place had changed into a new government, filled with promise and hope for the Russian people. The story of the Russian Revolution was a very interesting one.
At the time of and in the time leading up to the Russian Revolution Russia was fertile ground for revolution. Many hardships and pressures, economic, social, and political had combined to put the people into a state of revolution.
There were many economic reasons for evolution.
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SPAR Krasnoyarsk, Russia - Nov 2012
One of the last photographs taken of Nicholas II, ...The economy was outdated, and Russia was behind the rest of Europe in terms of modernizing its economic system. Russia was still almost medieval; in terms of organization, with peasants organized by village communes, working someone else's land with outdated farming techniques. Given the fact that Russia's farming season is only 6 months long, the primary source of income, agriculture, was not enough to support the people. Due to the lack of industrialization, the economy was stuck in an inefficient system with no real future in sight due to the Tsars inability to see the conditions on the country and its people. The food that was grown was not transported to feed the people in the cities due to the total lack of infrastructure. This inability to transport food to cities led to famines, one of the greatest motivators in human history. In cities, an effort had been made...