As you prepare for this topic be sure and look at the rise of the Bolshevik leaders. What conditions propelled these men to the forefront of revolution?
Although Soviet-style communism was an experiment that failed over the long term, the Russian Revolution of 1917 was a pivotal event of the twentieth century that had a huge impact on not just the Russian people but much of the world. Why did it occur, and why in Russia? What happened once Stalin got power and control?
