The Bolsheviks took Russia and turned it into a modernized, progressive state where women gained more respect. Although gender fell second to class issues, passing legislation that took steps towards equality was more than other nations in the world were doing at that time. Russian populist Ekaterina Breshkovskaia was considered the “grandmother of the Revolution.”…
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The Reforms of Pyotr Stolypin
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Russia was in a period of great instability when Pyotr Stolypin took power as the Prime Minister of the Russian Empire in 1906. The Russian Empire was beginning to experiment in (minor) democratic reforms in the years prior to this. With the establishment the Duma and rise of powerful forces urging a revolution, Styolypin became … Continue reading The Reforms of Pyotr Stolypin
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Student Intelligentsia Spark a Revolution
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What if we as Virginia Tech students could change our country by means of revolution? It seems like a pretty radical idea for us, but it wasn’t for the students in 20th century Russia who worked as revolutionaries and envisioned a better way of life. As industrialization kicked in, the students living within these developing […]
