Russia had been ruled by Tsars for a long time. The Tsars at first were acceptable rulers, but over time became more inconsiderate of their people. Finally, on March 1917 the military and people rebelled and overthrew Tsar Nicholas the second. Which lead to the creation of a provisional government with an executive branch and congress, in Russia.

Among the vast group of revolutionaries, there was a group of socialist communists called the Bolsheviks. The Bolsheviks were unsatisfied with the new government wanting to make Russia a socialist state. They began a campaign, gaining support for the extreme left from the urban population. The Bolsheviks gained so much trust and support from the urban population that on November 1917 they successfully launched a coup called the Bolshevik revolution. They captured all government buildings in the cities. Vladimir Lenin the main leader of the bolsheviks became the dictator.

The aftermath for Russia was one hundred years of suffering under the unjust rule of the communist dictators living in fear and poverty. Millions of innocent people were killed or sent to gulags to work in state projects or mines. Russia had switched from uncaring oppressive Tsars to murderous communist dictators.