Russian Revolution

"Without the Staff, the Tsar was powerless. He could no longer control his subjects... revolution! Revolution!"

―Clay Kaczmarek, 2012.

The Russian Revolution was a period of upheaval in the early 20th century, which led to the downfall of Tsarist autocracy and to the creation of the Soviet Union, eventually causing the breakup of the Russian Empire. While known as the Russian Revolution, it was composed of a series of smaller revolutions between warring factions within the changing Russian nation.

Revolutions

February revolution of 1917

Following Nicholas II's loss of the 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 Communist revolution against the Provisional Government. Lenin's Bolsheviks seized power over the country and declared peace between the 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 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, bringing Russia into yet another conflict.

The Tsarists were supported by several major nations such as France, 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 Templar Order, as a part of their elaborate "Plan" to bring the world under their control.

With the end of the Russian Revolution, the communism now implemented in Russia starts its expansion across the globe. Initially, through the Chinese Civil War promoted by Mao Zedong, through the Middle East to Latin America.

Gallery

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  Revolutionaries and captured policemen during the February Revolution
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  Lenin addresses Uritsky Square, 19 July 1920

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: The Fall (first appearance)
• Assassin's Creed Chronicles: Russia (mentioned only)
• Echoes of History (mentioned only)