Who came to power as a result of the Russian Revolution?

The Russian Revolution, which took place in 1917, led to the rise of the Bolsheviks, a faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party led by Vladimir Lenin. The Revolution consisted of two main events: the February Revolution and the October Revolution.

1. February Revolution: This phase of the Revolution ousted Emperor Nicholas II, ending centuries of Romanov dynastic rule, and led to the establishment of a provisional government.

2. October Revolution: This second phase was directed against the Provisional Government, leading to the Bolsheviks taking power. On November 7, 1917 (October 25, Old Style), the Bolsheviks, also known as the Reds, carried out a coup known as the Bolshevik Revolution, or October Revolution. The Bolsheviks established the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) and consolidated their power over the coming years, eventually leading to the creation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1922, with the Bolshevik Party ruling the country.

The Russian Revolution is a significant event in world history as it led to the first communist state in the world. The ideologies that arose from this revolution, based on the principles of Karl Marx and interpreted by Lenin, were termed Marxism-Leninism. The revolution heavily influenced global politics and contributed to the rise of socialism and communism as major political movements. The effects of the Russian Revolution were profound, including the withdrawal of Russia from World War I, the civil war that followed between the Reds (Bolsheviks) and the Whites (anti-Bolsheviks), and the eventual transformation of Russian society towards a state-controlled economy and one-party rule. The power structure and ideology that emerged from the Russian Revolution had a major impact on the world throughout the 20th century, including the Cold War era which saw a division between the capitalist Western bloc and the communist Eastern bloc.