What Were the Namely Outcomes, Short-Term and Long-Term Ramifications of the Russian Revolution?
Due to the series of political events in Russia, necessitating the overthrow of the system of autocracy, and of the liberal Provisional Government (Duma), ensuing the establishment of the Soviet power under the control and heavily influenced by the Bolshevik party, the Russian Revolution, occurring between 1905 to 1917, led to the abolishment of traditional monarchy and Tsarist system. The upheaval consequences, too, were expansively far-reaching, in which the Communist Party, which formed to lead post-revolutionary Russia, remained in power until its dissolution in 1991. The Russian loss in the Russo-Japanese War (1905), widespread suffering under autocracy, poor working conditions and hazards of industrialization, new revolutionary movements (worker-run government should replace czarist rule), the Bloody Sunday massacre, and the weak leadership of Czar Nicholas II were the namely underlying factors that enabled the lack of a unifying culture, outward ramifications, and the inevitable transformation of the Russian Empire. In regards to the scilicet ideals, the short-term effects, or said consequences, comprised of the government of Russia being controlled by the Bolshevik Party, led by V. I. Lenin (later known as the Communist Party), farmland distribution among farmers, in which factories were given to workers, the nationalization of banks (national council assembled to run the economy), and the withdrawal of World War 1; signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk and yielding much land to Germany.
Howbeit, the long-haul term repercussions of the revolution consist of the Russian Civil War between the Reds (the Bolsheviks) and the Whites (the anti-Bolsheviks) occurring between 1918-1920 and resulting in the death of fifteen million individuals due to the conflict and famine, the end of the Czarist rule (Nicholas II, his wife and five children are executed), the severe decrease in the Russian economy, industrial production, and cease of trade (causing skilled workers to flee the country), and the assertion of Lenin’s terrorizing control, the Gulang, by means of cruel methods to apply fear using brutal networks of prison camps for criminal and political prisoners. Further, the Cold War, which took place between 1947 and 1991, was mainly conducted against the Western World and the Communist World, driven by the Soviet Union; a continuous state of political and military tension.
The Russian Revolution of 1905 was suppressed, and czarist authority persisted for yet another twelve years. Truth be told, the revolutionary uprising provided the groundwork for the triumphant revolution of November 1917. The temporary setback of the 1905 Revolution and czarist repression led to massive emigrations from Russia and Poland, as reflected perceptively on the development of a revolution within and against the Russian empire. One can thus argue that, in many ways, the Russian Revolution is also part of the history of the United States.
