Russian Revolution

left-wing anthem

1917-1922 political change in Russia

second of two 1917 revolutions in Russia

multi-sided civil war in the former Russian Empire, November 1917-October 1922

first of two revolutions in Russia in 1917

government before Soviet Takeover, July 1917-October 1917

Sep 1917 – Oct 1917 short-lived republic in Eurasia

The Narodniks were members of a movement of the Russian Empire intelligentsia in the 1860s and 1870s, some of whom became involved in revolutionary agitation against tsarism. Their ideology, known as Narodism, Narodnism, or '''''', was a form of agrarian socialism, though it is often misunderstood as populism.

school building

attempted military coup d'état by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army

period of unrest in Petrograd, Russia (16–20 July)

thumb|300px|Latvian National Theatre decorated with Soviet symbols ([[hammer and sickle, red star, red flags and a double portrait of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin) after the Soviet occupation in 1940. The text on top reads "Long live the USSR!"]] Sovietization ( ) is the adoption of a political system based on the model of soviets (workers' councils) or the adoption of a way of life, mentality, and culture modeled after the Soviet Union.

WWI battle over Riga, Latvia

situation after the February Revolution in which two powers competed for legitimacy: the Petrograd Soviet and the Russian Provisional Government

1917 Soviet document by Lenin and Stalin

political system; emphasizes directly elected soviets or councils

Formative document of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Political crisis during the Russian Revolution

Marxist-Leninist concept

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a six hour long government in 1918 in the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic (Russian SFSR) during the Russian Revolution of 1917

Russian Civil War

former manor (dacha) on the Neva river in St. Petersburg, Russia