War Art 36: Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution of 1917 was actually Act Two of a long festering discontent with the autocratic treatment of Tsar Nicholas II and the corruption of some of his government members. The first act came in 1905 when 80,000 workers went on strike in St. Petersburg. It gained strength on Bloody Sunday when unarmed demonstrators were gunned down by Imperial troops. Eventually, 400,000 workers across the country were on strike, including a Naval mutiny among seamen of the Black Sea fleet. The 1905 uprising was not successful, but it left much bitterness. That, coupled with military disasters against Germans in the first world war, plus the royal interference of an monk called Rasputin, and the return of an exiled Bolshevic named Vladimir Lenin, led to the overthrow of the Provisonal Government in St. Petersburg. The tsar and his family were arrested and eventually murdered. Civil war raged for a time between the Bolshevic Red Army and the loyalist White Army. But the world had changed significantly. For music, we get a minute of the traditional "God Save the Tsar," interrupted by an explosion, then the Soviet National Anthem "The Internationale," sung by The Red Army Choir.

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[21StCenturyWarfare]

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[bestjonbon]

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[Tommyfazz]

brilliant except for the inclusion of that butcher Stalin. Good day.

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[elemis2009]

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[fashistan]

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[bestjonbon]

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