The Russian Revolution

World War 1 had changed Europe but not for the good. It gave the Germans land, Russian land. This caused the people of Russia to be mad and angry with their government which back then was a monarchy and the king who in Russia was know as the Czar. The people being unhappy they revolted under the leadership of Vladmir Lenin. The people were tired under the leadership of Nicholas II. The people were tired for being so far behind to the rest of the world. They lost the Russo-Japenesse War. The Germans declared war on Russia after Russia chose to stop Austria-Hungary from invading Serbia. This was the start of World War 1. With this nearly all of Russia's men were dead. Russia had given up and chose to sign a treaty with Germany by which it gave up land to Germany. This was the last straw to the people of Russia. This was the start of Communism in Russia under Lenin. He believed that this was the right idea for Russia. The people wanted change and that change was found in Lenin. This alloweed him to control the people in anyway he wanted. One thing that he and the Bolshevik party(communist party) came up with was "Peace, Land and Bread". This was the most know party chant. This ment the people wanted peace, land and food. There were however people that opposed them too. This caused Russia to go to civil war in which 15 million Russians died. There were two armys the Red(communist) and White(capitalist) army. The U.S. and other western nations supported the white army. In the end however the Red Army was the victor. This however caused Russia's economy to collapse into a depression.