The Russian Revolution was a series of uprisings that reached its peak in 1917. During this revolution the Tsarist rule was replaced by a temporary government that led to the establishment of the Soviet Union. That state lasted until its fall in 1991.
There were two phases to the Russian Revolution. The first period was the February Revolution of 1917, when Nicholas II of Russia's kingdom was replaced by a democratic government. During the second period, the October Revolution, the Bolsheviks wanted to establish a temporary government.
The leader of the October Revolution was Lenin who accepted Karl Marx's ideology. This is how communism really began. Unlike the February Revolution the October Revolution was planned in detail. On November 7, 1917 came the collapse of the temporary government under Aleksandr Kerensky by the Lenin revolutionaries. A liberal democratic government turned into a single communism and the revolution came to an end.
Perhaps the most single valuable authority you have as president in this way is to issue an executive order, which can commit troops to a conflict for a limited about of time without Congressional approval. Tools of foreign policy would include sending in diplomats to try to negotiate peaceful terms.
