Which war immediately preceded the Communist Revolution in Russia?
Geography · High School · Mon Jan 18 2021
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- The war that immediately preceded the Communist Revolution in Russia, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was World War I.
- World War I spanned from 1914 to 1918, and the Russian Revolution began in 1917. In March 1917 (or February, according to the Julian calendar then in use in Russia), the first phase of the revolution led to the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and the end of the Romanov dynasty's rule. This phase is often called the February Revolution.
- Later that year, in October 1917 (or November in the Gregorian calendar), the Bolsheviks led by Vladimir Lenin overthrew the provisional government that had replaced the tsarist regime, marking the second phase of the revolution, commonly referred to as the October Revolution.
- The turmoil in Russia from World War I was a significant contributing factor that set the stage for the Bolsheviks' rise to power.