The Fall of Tzar Nicholas the Second

    The rise of the soviet union was had a huge impact on the world and was responsible of revolutionary change in Russia.  The people were not happy with the Tzar and resulted in an uprising of the people and swift take over by the Bolsheviks. the main reasons why the revolution happened was:

The Great Losses of World War 1
Russia's first major battle of the war was a disaster: in the 1914 Battle of Tannenberg, over 30,000 Russian troops were killed or wounded and 90,000 captured, while Germany suffered just 20,000 casualties. By the end of October 1916, Russia had lost between 1,600,000 and 1,800,000 soldiers, with an additional 2,000,000 prisoners of war and 1,000,000 missing, all making up a total of nearly 5,000,000 men. This was because of the poor command. many losses were in the beginning of war and were higher then expected, leaving the command to send out barely trained soldiers that made up a large number of those casualties and critically injured. By the spring of 1915, the army was in steady retreat, some of it was not orderly, some by desertion and flight from combat. This put the soldiers moral at an all time low.

The Social Uprisings against the Tzar
The devastation of this war greatly effected not only the soldiers, but also the people. the economy was breaking down from the heightened strains of war. The main problems included food shortages, rising prices, due to the inflation which dragged down incomes at a rapiud rate, and shortages made it difficult to find anything to buy, even if one could afford it. The Tzar was blamed for this crisis, and all his support started to fade. The Stated of Dumea started issuing warnings in November 1916, telling that terrible disasster would grip the country unless a constitutional form of government is in place. Nicholas ignored them, and the Tsarist Regime was taken out a few months later during the February Revolution of 1917. One year later, The Tzar and his family were executed.

Power and Promise of Bolsheviks 
 Alexander Kerensky, a young and popular lawyer and a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party (SRP). he had joined cabinet and became the central figure of the government. But he was still faced with many of the problems left from the previous leadership, and the revolution. problems such as, Opposing parties, and food supply shortages from the war torn economy. The political group that proved most troublesome for Kerensky, and would eventually overthrow him, was the Bolshevik Party, led by Vladimir Lenin. Lenin was exiled to Sweden because of the ban on political parties under the rule of the Tzar, but upon his return the popularity of the party grew steadily, he perceived the opportunity for his Marxist revolution.