Russian Revolution

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|prev = [[World War I]]
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|name = Russian Revolution
|image = Lenin.png
|date = 1917 – 1918
|end = 1918
|place = [[Russia]]
|result = *Abolition of Tsarist autocracy in Russia.
*Formation of the Soviet Union.
*The introduction of [[Communism]].
|side1 = [[File:Flag of Soviet Union.png|20px|border]] [[Soviet Union]]
*[[Red Army]]<br>
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[[Russian Brotherhood of Assassins|Russian Assassins]]<br>Russian Templars
|side2 = [[File:Russian Flag.png|20px|border]] {{Wiki|Russian Empire}}
*{{Wiki|White Army}}
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[[Russian Rite of the Templar Order|Russian Templars]]
|commanders1 = *[[Vladimir Lenin]]
*[[Joseph Stalin]]
*[[Leon Trotsky]]
*{{Wiki|Lev Kamenev}}
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*[[Nikolai Orelov]]
|commanders2 = *[[Nicholas II of Russia|Tsar Nicholas II]]
*{{Wiki|Georgy Lvov}}
*{{Wiki|Alexander Kerensky}}
}}
The '''Russian Revolution''' was a period of upheaval in the early 20th century, which led to the downfall of {{Wiki|Tsarist autocracy}} and to the creation of the [[Soviet Union]], eventually causing the breakup of the {{Wiki|Russian Empire}}. While known as the Russian Revolution, it was composed of a series of smaller revolutions between warring factions within the changing [[Russia|Russian]] nation.

==Revolutions==
===February revolution of 1917===
Following [[Nicholas II of Russia|Nicholas II]]'s loss of the [[Staves of Eden#Imperial Sceptre|Imperial Sceptre]], the Tsar's influence over the populace dwindled. As a result, Russia was thrown into a period of severe economic inflation from the excessive printing of money during the bloodbath of [[World War I]].

The people rebelled against the tyrannical Tsarist regime, and the Tsar, seeing that there was no way for him to retain control over Russia, agreed to step down from the throne. Following his abdication, the Provisional Government took over for eight months.

===October revolution of 1917===
Seeing an opportunity in the increasingly turbulent situation of the former Russian Empire, Russian Socialist leader [[Vladimir Lenin]] decided to ignite his own [[Communism|Communist]] revolution against the Provisional Government. Lenin's {{Wiki|Bolsheviks}} seized power over the country and declared peace between the [[Germany|German Empire]] and the newly-formed Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, the precursor to the Soviet Union. This took Russia out of World War I and plunged it into an even bloodier five-year-long civil war.

===Russian civil war===
However, some loyalists of the old Tsarist regime still remained in Russia well into 1918, and they incited yet another revolution, managing to organize the secession of several eastern Federal provinces from the {{Wiki|Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic}}, bringing Russia into yet another conflict.

The Tsarists were supported by several major nations such as [[France]], [[United Kingdom|Britain]], the [[United States]] and [[Japan]], though all hope for a restoration of the monarchy was destroyed when the Bolsheviks, on Lenin's orders, executed the former Tsar and his family. In the end, the Bolsheviks prevailed and took power in Russia, though Lenin would not live to see it, as he died in 1924.

==Aftermath==
Following the end of the Russian Civil War, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or USSR, was established by the Bolsheviks, containing most of the territories of the old Russian Empire. This set in motion a chain of events that would contribute to [[Joseph Stalin]]'s rise to power at the hands of the [[Templars|Templar Order]], as a part of their elaborate "Plan" to bring the world [[New World Order|under their control]].

==Gallery==
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Russian revolution.jpg|Revolutionaries and captured policemen during the {{Wiki|February Revolution}}
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==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Fall]]''
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Renaissance

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{{Quote|1476 - the dawn of a new era for Italy. Art, culture, and science are flourishing under the guidance of inspired minds. ''Renaissance''. This is probably the way history will remember us.|Giovanni Auditore, on the birth of the Renaissance, 1476.|Assassin's Creed Lineage}}
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|name = Renaissance
|timeframe = 15th to 17th century
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The '''Renaissance''' was a cultural movement that spanned throughout the 15th to, and including, the 17th century, where it sparked a great interest and focus among the nobility on ideas such as humanism and individualism, as well as the revival of lost classical values.

Historians estimate that the Renaissance began in the [[Italy|Italian]] city-states, due to their success in trade and learning, specifically in [[Florence]]. The Renaissance began during the Late Middle Ages, and later spread to the rest of [[Europe]].

[[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]], an [[Italian Assassins|Italian]] [[Master Assassin]] and the ancestor of both [[Clay Kaczmarek]] and [[Desmond Miles]], lived during this time period.

==Description==
The term Renaissance, originating from the Italian terms ''rinascimento ''and ''rinascita'', literally meaning "rebirth", is also used more loosely to refer to the historic era. However, since the changes of the Renaissance were not uniform across Europe, this has existed as a general use of the term.<ref name="Renaissance">''[[Assassin's Creed: Renaissance]]''</ref>

During this time period, the wealthy and educated began to perceive the world in a new light, as developments in all aspects of society began to emerge. As a cultural movement, it encompassed a resurgence of learning based on rediscovered classical sources, the development of linear perspective in painting, and gradual but widespread educational reform.<ref name="Renaissance"/>

Traditionally, this intellectual transformation had resulted in the Renaissance being viewed as a bridge between the Middle Ages and the [[Modern times|modern era]]. Although the Renaissance saw revolutions in many intellectual pursuits, such as literature, philosophy, architecture, art, politics, science, and religion, it also affected social and political upheaval, and is perhaps best known for its artistic developments and the contributions of such polymaths.<ref name="Renaissance"/>

===Perception of perfection===
[[File:Leo work 4.png|thumb|250px|Leonardo da Vinci, an example of a "Renaissance man"]]
During the Renaissance, perfection was to strive to be a polymath, or a "Renaissance man". An exemplary polymath was mainly [[Leonardo da Vinci]], though [[Michelangelo]] and [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] also inspired the term.<ref name="AC2">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref>

Being a polymath meant to be omnipotent; mankind had to pursue perfection in self-development of all aspects. For example, Leonardo was a painter, sculptor, architect, musician, scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, botanist, and writer.<ref name="AC2"/>

===Florence===
It has long been a discussion of why the Renaissance had started in Florence, and not elsewhere in Italy, to which some have noted the unique features to the Florentine cultural life, that may have caused such a movement. However, many believe that it was the [[House of Medici|Medici family]] who played a vital role in this development, by encouraging countrymen to commission works from Florence's leading artists, such as da Vinci and [[Sandro Botticelli]].

Others say it was pure luck that the Renaissance had started in Florence, as all "Great Men" were born in [[Tuscany]]. The chances of such men being born at the same place in the same time period seem improbable, though it could be that they were only able to rise due to the prevailing cultural conditions at the time.

Another proposition is that Florence was where many [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] [[Greece|Greek]] scholars fled both before and after the [[Fall of Constantinople|Fall of]] [[Constantinople]] to the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1453, and several Byzantine scholars had also been part of the entourage accompanying the Byzantine Emperor to the Council of Florence in 1438. This was important due to the Byzantine intellectuals having advanced philosophies and ancient [[Romans|Roman]] and Greek knowledge that the West had never seen before, and as such, that it was the collaboration of Italian and Byzantine intellectuals that began the Renaissance.

==Assassin influence==
[[File:Heirloom 2 v.png|left|thumb|250px|Ezio finding his father's robes]]
Ezio Auditore was born in the forming stage of growing Renaissance Italy, June 1459, as the second son of the [[House of Auditore|Auditore family]] amidst the Florentine noble class. He grew up to be a banker, until he was seventeen years old, when the [[House of Borgia|Borgia]] executed his brothers [[Petruccio Auditore da Firenze|Petruccio]] and [[Federico Auditore da Firenze|Federico]], along with his father, [[Giovanni Auditore da Firenze|Giovanni]].<ref name="AC2"/>

After this incident, Ezio found out about his [[Assassins|Assassin]] lineage, with his uncle, [[Mario Auditore]], and the Italian faction leaders of the [[courtesans]], [[thieves]], and [[mercenaries]] training him along his journey. These faction leaders were also Assassins, which Ezio later discovered on his [[initiation into the Assassin Order]].<ref name="AC2"/>

===The House of Medici===
[[File:WiSC 16.png|thumb|250px|Lorenzo de' Medici with his wife]]
The Medici family ruled over Florence during the 15th and 16th century, boosting wealth and culture, and eventually making Florence the starting point of the Renaissance's expansion. In 1478, while attending High Mass, the Medici were attacked by the [[House of Pazzi|Pazzi family]], a group of Tuscan nobles affiliated with the [[Templars]]. Ezio overpowered [[Pazzi conspiracy|the conspiracy]] behind the events, killing all of those who plotted against the Medici.<ref name="AC2"/>

After [[Lorenzo de' Medici]]'s death in 1492, his son [[Piero de' Medici|Piero]] let Florence fall into the hands of [[Girolamo Savonarola]], who subdued the citizens under the control of a [[Pieces of Eden|Piece of Eden]] and nine lieutenants.<ref name="AC2"/>

[[File:Mob justice 3.png|thumb|left|250px|Ezio assassinating Savonarola]]
In 1497, Ezio returned to Florence, only to find the city in the hands of Savonarola. Over the course of a year, Ezio worked to remove Savonarola's influence, and by 1498, he assassinated Savonarola, after a group of disgruntled civilians attempted to burn the monk at a stake in the [[Piazza della Signoria]]. This allowed the Medici to regain control, to which the family watched over Florence for another seventeen years.<ref name="AC2"/>
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===Rome===
[[File:Roads lead to 3.png|thumb|250px|The Assassins standing against Cesare Borgia]]
By the time the 16th century arrived, [[Rome]] had fully fallen under the influence of the Borgia and the [[Papacy]], which were connected to the Templars, leaving the city to the decay of its corruption. Later, after the [[Siege of Monteriggioni|siege of]] [[Monteriggioni]], Ezio traveled to Rome and established an [[Assassins Guilds|Assassins Guild]] there, while taking out the [[Borgia Towers|Borgia towers]] that oppressed the citizens of Rome.<ref name="ACB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''</ref>

Following this, the Assassins began to take on [[Assassin apprentices|apprentices]], slowly [[Liberation of Rome|liberating]] the city from the corrupt Borgia control. Thanks to this freedom, Rome was finally opened to the progress that Renaissance influences brought.<ref name="ACB"/>

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