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Analyse the causes of the Russian Revolutions of 1917. Why was the second Revolution significant in more than one way?

  • UPSC 1985
  • Revolution and Counter-Revolution

The year 1917 produced not one but two revolutions — the February Revolution that toppled the Romanov autocracy and the October Revolution that installed a Bolshevik regime — and understanding both requires separating their shared long-term roots from the specific dynamics that made the second overthrow historically decisive.

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  • Long-Term Causes Common to Both Revolutions
  • Immediate Causes: The Strain of the First World War
  • From February to October: A Revolution in Two Acts
  • Why the October Revolution Was Significant in More Than One Way

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