The Russian Revolution

The russians had a revolution because the czar was a very cruel ruler. He didn't care about his people. Russia was behind all other countries in economy and industry. People couldn't take it anymore after WWI. The war completely destroyed the economy, it sparked up the building up tension between the czar and his people. Lenin was the leader and mastermind behind the revolution. His signature quote was "Peace, Land and Bread", it meant that he wanted everyone to have those things, no one more than the other. He followed the ideas of Karl Marx with ways of controlling the country and economy. Those ideas are called Communism. After he took over the country from the temporary government, with a group of his supporters called the Bolsheviks he tried to fix Russia's economy and eliminate his rivals.

Causes of WWI

The main causes of WWI are Nationalism, Militarism, and Imperialism.  The nations were racing each other in basically everything, every nation thought that they were better than the others. This nationalism created conflicts between nations in Europe. The nations also raced between who gets the most land for their territory. Conflicts were created over colonies in Africa and Asia (imperialism). Also militarism was another cause. The Europe nations were all building up their military to be ready for war. Everything in Europe was very tense and one thing was needed to start the war. The actual spark that set the fire of war was the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary, which started the chain reaction of alliances attacking each other. Soon the whole Europe was at war.