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.