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Russian Revolution of 1917 , Revolution that overthrew the imperial government and placed the Bolsheviks in power. Increasing governmental corruption, the reactionary policies of Tsar  Nicholas II , and catastrophic Russian losses in World War I contributed to widespread dissatisfaction and economic hardship. In February 1917 riots over food scarcity broke out in Petrograd (St. Petersburg). When the army joined the rebels, Nicholas was forced to abdicate. A provisional government, headed by Georgy Lvov, was appointed in March and tried to continue Russia’s participation in World War I, but it was opposed by the powerful Petrograd workers’ soviet, which favoured Russian withdrawal from the war. Other soviets were formed in major cities and towns, choosing members from factories and military units. The soviet movement was dominated by the Socialist Revolutionary Party, followed by the Mensheviks and the Bolsheviks. Between March and October, the provisional government was reorganized...

By Orimus Write a brief  Biography of V.I. Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov [b]  (22 April [ O.S.  10 April] 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as  Vladimir Lenin , [c]  was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He served as the first and founding  head of government  of  Soviet Russia  from 1917 until  his death  in 1924, and of the  Soviet Union  from 1922 to 1924. Under his administration, Russia, and later the Soviet Union, became a one-party  socialist state  governed by the  Communist Party . Ideologically a  Marxist , his developments to the ideology are called  Leninism . Born into an upper-middle-class family in  Simbirsk , Lenin embraced  revolutionary socialist  politics following  his brother 's 1887 execution. Expelled from  Kazan Imperial University  for participating in protests against the  Tsarist government , he devoted the ...