History of Europe

What was the Russian revolution fighting over?

Political Revolution

- Absolute Monarchy vs. Parliamentary Democracy

- Bolshevik Party (led by Vladimir Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin) supported parliamentary democracy

Social Revolution

- Feudalism was abolished in the Russian empire only in the 1860s.

- The Tsar was the figurehead of the vast landowning aristocratic elite which controlled most of Russia's wealth.

- The Bolshevik party supported equality of all citizens regardless of social class.

Economic Revolution

- The Russian economy was dominated by the wealthy aristocratic class.

- The Bolshevik party supported equal distribution of wealth and resources among the population.