Describe changes in Russian government beginning with Czar Nicholas II to the Bolsheviks under Lenin and then Stalin.
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Describe changes in Russian government beginning with Czar Nicholas II to the Bolsheviks under Lenin and then Stalin. For hundreds of years, Russia was controlled by rulers known as Czars. In the early 1900's, circumstances spurred the people to overthrow their czar and establish a new government. The government that eventually ensued, however, was a communism. Communism, the fabrication of Karl Marx years earlier, was thought by many to be the answer to all political conflicts. However, this form of government did not have the predicted favorable effects on the Russian people. In 1894, Nicholas II inherited the title of czar over Russia. During his reign, he was a strong believer in sovereign right and cared nothing for the will of his subjects. In 1904, the Russian-Japanese War broke out. The people showed their discontent for the war with a rebellion in 1905 and 1907, both of which were subdued....


