During the 1900s, the Russian government made it extremely difficult for the Bolsheviks to progress, causing them to revolt against the government, making this a primary issue for the beginning of the revolution. The Tsarist government was ostracized by the Russian people, so Tsar Nicholas II was overthrown by the Provisional Government, which was then overthrown by Lenin, and soon after the Bolsheviks took control of Russia. Russia was difficult to develop because of the big rulers who were in control; Lenin, Stalin, Trotsky. Almost overnight, an entire society was destroyed and replaced by one of the most radical social experiments ever seen. Poverty, crime, privilege and class divisions were to be eliminated, a new era of socialism promised peace, prosperity and equality for all the people of the world. But the social experiment failed, millions were killed, and within a generation nearly a third of the world's population was living in the shadow of communism. Ordinary people of RussiaRussia consisted mainly of lower-class citizens, but the middle class was eager to industrialize Russia and move out of the culture stage. The Tsarist government, on the other hand, made it extremely difficult for the Bolsheviks to advance, making them a primary motive for the outbreak of the Revolution. Peasants received no land when the provisional government became supremacist. The peasants then began to demand land and the provisional government led by Alexander Kerensky tried to stop them. The revolt took place just after the government blocked them from claiming their land, and the peasants quickly won victory. Tsarist government versus provisional government Russia was an autocratic country until middle of paper..... .unism.Works CitedRussian Revolutions 1905-1917. The Corner. http://www.thecorner.org/hist/russia/revo1917.htm (October 29, 2009). “Stalin and Trotsky are fighting for power. » Think Quest.http://library.thinkquest.org/C0112205/stalinvstrotsky.html (November 1, 2009). "The Russian Revolution, 1881-1939." Discovering world history. Ed. online. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resource Center, Canadian edition. Internet. October 28, 2009. “The Russian Revolution.” Washington Department. http://depts.washington.edu/baltic/papers/russianrevolution.htm (October 31, 2009). “Why was there a disaster in 1917? Greenfield History Site. http://www.johndclare.net/index.htm (October 31, 2009). “Russian Revolution of 1917”. St.Petersburg.http://www.st-petersburg-life.com/st-petersburg/1917-russian-revolution (October 31 09).