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A 3 page research paper that examines the impact of the Russian Revolution of 1917. The writer argues that it is not an understatement to say that any other political upheaval, before or since, has not rocked the world as severely for as long a period of time. An examination of the history of this period demonstrates why the impact of the Russian Revolution on international politics was so large. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Communist Party (Ryan, 2002). It is not an understatement that any other political upheaval, before or since, has not rocked the world as severely for as long a period of
time. An examination of the history of this period demonstrates why the impact of the Russian Revolution on international politics was so large. In 1896, Queen Victoria of Great
Britain was very pleased that her granddaughter, Alexandra, the wife of Tsar Nicholas II would be visiting her (Dukes, 2003). However, the Queens advisors insisted that rather than a formal
state welcome in London, the royal couple should have a private visit with Queen Victoria at Balmoral (Dukes, 2003). This was because Nicholas harsh and repressive policies against his people
were well known even abroad. A British newspaper described him as a "tyrant who mercilessly crushed the independence of his subjects" (Dukes, 2003, p. 9). During World War I,
the alliance with Russia was an embarrassment for the Allied forces because of "Bloody Nicholas" and his autocratic regime (Dukes, 2003). Russian soldiers, in some instances, were sent to
the front without rifles (Burns, 1969). The Russian army suffered from supply shortages of every kind, and, when the railway system broke down completely, shortages spread to Russian cities (Burns,
1969). When news of the executive of the tsars family reached London, there were "few tears shed" (Dukes, 2003, p. 9). However, with this occurrence, all rapprochement ended and there
was a resurgence of "Russiaphobia" in the West (Dukes, 2003). Western leaders feared that unrest in their own countries would soon lead to similar revolutionary movements. This was an opinion
shared by the Communists (Schaaf, 2002). According to Marxist theory, which provided the ideological basis for the Revolution, the rise of
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