Revolution of 1905 - marched on the winter palace to demand rights but were fired on.
Bolsheviks - revolutionary group that wanted to change Russia's government.
February Revolution - an uprising in Saint Petersburg that forced the tsar to step down.
Marxism - political theory that workers would establish a classless society.
Lenin - leader of the Bolsheviks.
Explanation:
On Sunday, January 22, 1905, thousands of workers and other protesters gathered in St. Petersburg in front of the Imperial Palace demanding changes and improvements in living conditions. The demonstrators even called for the emperor and carried his images, convinced that the catastrophic situation in Russia was the Emperor's incompetent advisers, who were wrongly reporting the emperor to the state of the nation. Army opened fire, killing hundreds of men, women and children.
Beginning in 1917 the dam relented, hungry women, who represented more than half of the workforce in St. Petersburg started demonstrations and strikes. Soon other residents joined the demonstration, and the military slowly refused to obey, instead of opposing the protesters, a part of the soldiers joined them. The members of the Russian Government organized the Provisional Government, and the Emperor Nicholas II abdicated.
Vladimir Lenin was the main man of the Bolshevik during the revolution. Although persecuted and staying mostly abroad, he succeeded organizing Bolsheviks very well.
