Apprendisti Storici

The October Revolution that broken out in the night between 24 and 25 October of the year 1917 of the Julian calendar, it was an insurrection led by Lenin and it was considered the final, crucial and definitive phase of the Russian Revolution ( started in February 1917). Which led to the fall of the tsarist regime and to establishment of the Communist Soviet Republic which was inspired by the ideas of Marx.The October Revolution was not made whit the purpose of depositing the tsar, who had already been deposited during the February Revolution, but this revolution was an assault to the provisional government formed by the most revolutionary liberal and moderate leaders.  The Bolsheviks , after several defeats occurred in July 1917, led by Lenin deployed 40000 armed workers giving life to a proletarian revolution and on the night between 24 and 25 October they came armed into the palace of Winter (seat of the Provisional Government) taking power. 

So, in the following weeks, Lenin and the Bolsheviks took control of the Petrograd and of all  Russian political institutions, establishing what quickly became a dictatorship with arbitrary arrests and executions. (Rebecca Falleri 5AL)

Nei primi anni del Ventesimo secolo, In Russia, l’industria e l’agricoltura erano settori molto arretrati, la prima era concentrata solo in poche zone e, la produzione agricola era molto scarsa; questi furono i motivi di sconfitta durante la Prima Guerra Mondiale. Il 23 Febbraio 1917 (8 Marzo nel calendario giuliano, utilizzato in quel momento in Russia) scoppiò quindi, a Pietrogrado, una ribellione popolare, causata dalla mancanza di cibo e denaro. Questo movimento prese il nome di Rivoluzione di Febbraio, e fu la prima fase della Rivoluzione Russa. Qualche giorno dopo lo scoppio di questa rivoluzione, l’esercito fu chiamato da Nicola II per reprimere questo sciopero, ma invece di fermarlo, vi si unì.  In questo periodo si formarono quindi due poteri dominanti: il Soviet ed il governo provvisorio guidato dal principe L’vov. Questo governo era costituito da cadetti e membri liberali della Duma(ogni diversa assemblea rappresentativa della Russia moderna e della Russia storica) e aveva con l’obbiettivo di trasformare il regime zarista in una monarchia costituzionale. Il 2 marzo Nicola II abdicò in favore del fratello, il quale però rifiutò e nel 17 marzo 1917, Il soviet arrestò Nicola II, mettendo fine  alla sovranità dei Romanov e trasformando la Russia in una repubblica, attraverso un’assemblea costituente. (Gaia Cerrai, 5AL) 

In the first years of the twentieth century, in Russia, industry and agriculture were very backward sectors, the first was concentrated only in a few areas and, agricultural production was very poor; these were the causes of many defeats during the First World War. On 23 February 1917 (8 March in the Julian calendar, used at that time in Russia) a popular rebellion broke out in Petrograd, caused by famine. This movement took the name of February Revolution, and it was the first phase of the Russian Revolution. A few days after the start of this revolution, the army was called by Nicholas II to suppress this strike, but instead of stopping it, it joined. In this period were formed two dominant powers: the Soviet and the provisional government led by Prince L'vov. This government was made of cadets and liberal members of the Duma (every other representative assembly of modern Russia and historical Russia) and had the goal of transforming the tsarist regime into a constitutional monarchy. On March 2 Nicholas II abdicated in favor of his brother, who refused and in March 17, 1917, the Soviet arrested Nicholas II, putting an end to the Romanov’s sovereignty and transforming Russia into a republic, through a constituent assembly. (Gaia Cerrai, 5AL)