Wednesday, January 13, 2010

The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution took place because people wanted change to happen for their country. Czar Nicholas has engaged Russia to the WWI, several lives were lost, and victory seemed possible.  The Russian government was unable to take get out the war which made some people furious. Since Russia is the world's largest nation, people wanted a lot from it, by people i mean the government. The leader was Czar Nicholas, he wanted victory and he was confident he was going to get what he wanted. "Peace, land and bread" was promise by Lenin After several false starts, the Bolsheviks successfully negotiated a separate peace with the Germans, the famous Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. Ratified in March, 1918, Lenin ceded the Baltic states, eastern Poland, and the Ukraine to the Germans.

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