The Russian Revolution

The Russian revolution was in 1917 there were many series of smaller of revolutions but people wanted to change Russia into a communist country. The big revolutions was in February Revolution and the October Revolution. The February Revolution took away
Tsar Nicholas II from power. The October Revolution was also called the Bolshevik Revolution they overturned the government and established the Soviet Union. The October Revolution was by a small group of people.

In early March, the Provisional Government placed Nicholas and his family under house arrest in the Alexander Palace at 15 miles south of Petrograd. When he was removed from power so Communism could take control of Russia but it was a bad idea because it hurt the country in the long run. They were were a communist country for about 75 years until 1990 because they realized that it was hurting the country.

Cause Of World War One

They were main cause to the beginning of WWI is the assassination of Franz Ferdinand . He was assassinated by a Serbian who was part of the black hand clan. The alliance system collapsed so it was like a big domino effect. When Austria-Hungry declared war on Serbia all of the Serbians allies declared war on Austria. On July 29, Russia ordered a army only against Austria-Hungary to help Serbia.

Upon being asked by Germany what it would do in the event of a Russo-German War, France responded that it would act in its own interests and mobilized. Even Japan was in the war but didn't get too many troops mobilized. Germany was having tench warfare against France and great Britain. During the holidays in the first year of the war they had a cease fire in the holiday spirit because they thought the war wouldn't last long. America joined the war only to help great Britain which president Wilson had good relationship with. they won the war and a peace treaty was established.