Russian Revolution Analysis

But to first understand the revolution, one must know how it was brought about. The Bolshevik revolution was brought about after the provisional government collapsed. In a final push against the German war machine in world war 1, the provisional government, (which was the government established after the fall of the final czar, Nicolas II) sent an offensive operation to the front lines. Because Russia was not fully industrialized at the time, it could not keep up with the demands for weapons and supplies. Many soldiers were sent to the front lines without weapons, in fact they were told to “find their rifles among the dead”. Lenin on the other hand, who was the leader of the Bolsheviks, promised the people of Russia: “Peace, Land, and Bread” but it is argued about- whether or not the Russian People actually received these. The Russian Revolution, as many can clearly see, was not successful through hunger, poverty, and civil war.

The Russian Revolution left many people in complete starvation. Russia may be a very large country, but only a small potion of it is suitable for farming. Most of this land was lost to Germany after World War 1. The few farms in Russia were not enough to supply the food for such a large nation. In Lennin’s slogan, he promises the people bread. This promise was clearly not kept, because many peasants went without bread for days. This clearly shows that Lenin was not interested in the needs of the people, which shows he is not a good leader. If a revolution in a nation produces a leader who is not fit for the job, how is the revolution successful?

In addition to being hungry, many Russians were severely impoverished. Lenin did keep his promise when it came to giving land to peasant farmers. However, the land they were given was such a small amount, it could not be used to produce enough food for their families let alone support a house, animals, and produce surplus food to be sold to the public. Also the land they were given didn’t matter, because later, it was taken away from them and farmers were sent to live on collective farms. Collectives were communal farms, were several farmers worked on one plot of land to produce food for the nation. Unfortunately for them these workers were not paid well what so ever, some didn’t even receive pay. Even then these farms couldn’t keep up with the demand for things as simple as bread and potatoes. As if that wasn’t enough, if one wasn’t a farmer, he was an unskilled worker that labored in the few industrial factories that Russia had, on the most minimal of pays. The environment they worked was extremely dangerous, and separated families. If the nation is poverty stricken by revolutionary changes, how is that revolution successful?