Question

Discuss the causes for the success of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 along with its significance in the history of the world

Answer 1

Approach:

1. Given an overview of the Bolshevik revolution.
2. Condition favoured the success of the Bolshevik revolution.
3. Impact of the Bolshevik revolution on the world.
4. Provide an appropriate conclusion.

Bolshevik Revolution:
The Russian revolution was a pair of revolution that transformed the political structure of the nation. The february revolution provided for a provincial government in the place of autocratic Russian Tsar. It is followed by the October revolution which placed the Bolshevik in the power instead of the provisional government which is known as the Bolshevik revolution.

Conditions led to the success of Bolshevik revolution:

1. Weakness of the provincial government
2. Economic and Social condition
3. Prolonged war conditions
4. Lenin’s April theses of Peace, Land and Bread.

Plan of the Bolsheviks:

1. First to gain the control in the Petrograd Soviet.
2. Take the power in the name of Soviet.
3. Repetition of the process in other cities.

Impact of the Bolshevik revolution on the world:

• Rise of communist ideology in reality.
• Tension between capitalism and communalism.
• Export of the communal values to different nations.
• Inspiration to the freedom movement of colonel countries.

Conclusion:
Thus the bolshevik revolution aimed in the building of a proletariat society in Russia. It experimented with the ideas of Marx in real world conditions. In world politics it acted as inspiration for the common people to rise against their colonial masters.