The Modern World · 20th century
The Russian Revolution
Two revolutions in 1917: the February uprising that toppled the Tsar and the October coup that brought Lenin's Bolsheviks to power. War, bread and land, the civil war, War Communism and the NEP, the birth of the USSR and the rise of Stalin.
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Prereqs: World War I. Next: World War II. Sources: Orlando Figes's *A People's Tragedy*, Richard Pipes's *The Russian Revolution*, Sheila Fitzpatrick's *The Russian Revolution*, Crash Course European History #35.Next: 1. Why 1917?