The
Russian Revolution through the Prism of Propaganda |
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Reasons
for Revolution |
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Before
1917, a hereditary nobility led by the tsar ruled the Russian Empire.
The vast majority (85 percent) of the population were peasants, very
poor and mostly illiterate. In 1917, social tensions and an unpopular
war against Germany and the Central Powers strained Russian society
to the breaking point. Marxist revolutionaries rallied against inequality
and exploitation, and they found many examples of these in pre-revolutionary
Russia. |
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