Russia entered the World War I, as an ally of France. Military failures and bureaucratic ineptitude turned
the population against the government. The war had a demoralizing impact.
Workers and peasants protested. On march, 8, 1917 working women walked out and other workers joined them
and eventually soldiers too. Tsar Nicolas II abdicated. Socialist created the soviet. In July, Alexander Kerensky became ruler. Economic conditions were not improved.
Bolsheviks organized a national movement. Lenin returned from Switzerland. The
soviets won and drove Kerensky into exile. These events are known as the October Revolution.
The National Constituent Assembly was dissolved by Lenin’s troops.
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