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Lenin holding a speech on Red Square in Moscow, photograph, 1918

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    The Russian Revolution and its consequences

    The situation in Russia at the beginning of 1917 was catastrophic. The food supply system had broken down and the populace in the large towns and cities was starving and freezing. The voices calling for a completely new ordering of society became ever louder. The autocratic rule of the Tsar was nearing its end.