Bolshevism

During the reign of Czar Nicholas II (1884-1917), Russia went through a series of bad harvests that caused starvation among the peasants. As industrialization increased, discontent also grew among the middle class and proletarians (workers) in the cities. As a result, Russians found themselves drawn to three main polotical parties that sought changes in government and promised a better future; the liberal constitutionists, the populists and the Marxists. The Marxists, who followed the socialist teachings …

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