One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich | Compare and Contrast
1914: Russia enters World War I against Germany and Austria-Hungary, enduring several crushing defeats.
1917: The Russian Revolution refers to two revolutions. In March, starving rioters joined by the army overthrow the Romanov czars who ruled Russia for over three hundred years. In October, a second revolution led by Lenin put the Bolsheviks in power.
1918-20: Russia pulls out of World War I.
1932-34: Famine results from agricultural collectivization (communal farming); the government conceals this from the outside world so that no international aid can...
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