GREATEST HEADLINES OF THE CENTURY

[Music] greatest headlines of the century dat line Russia November 7th 1917 in a moment the story the Regal Splendor that was zarus Russia was a towering skyscraper that tottered precariously on a rotted Foundation of corruption and tyranny while Nicholas and his Nobles dined on caviar and champagne The Peasants stood in the streets begging for bread the corrosive forces of Revolution slowly poured the bitter acid of unrest among the masses Russia's participation in World War I had turned into a pathetic route poorly clothed in fed its armies often without guns and ammunition were falling back on all fronts the zarus regime had begun to crumble from the mounting pressure of its starving and malcontented subjects Victorious German troops were daily penetrating deeper and deeper into Russia the death nail truly had sounded for the old order then beginning on March 9th 1917 Factory workers in the capital city of petrograd staged a paralyzing strike they demanded a living wage they they asked for bread for their hungry families the Russian Revolution had begun the many-headed monster of mobu engulf the city the he wine of Liberty swung the Army to the workers side of the Revolt cheers of Joy greeted the soldiers as one by one they refused to obey their commanders regiment after regiment defected to the side of the people against the Zar the emperor Nicholas abdicated the throne as his late subjects cheered wildly in the streets the Doom Russia's Parliament reassembled to form the first provisional government under the prime ministership of Prince lth paralleling this August body of Statesmen was the formation of a workers Council or Soviet they claimed as their leader Alexander kinsky political Strife was just beginning in Russia arriving on the scene from his Exile in Switzerland Nikolai Lenin sensed that the time was right for his bolic philosophy to claim the driver seat of Russia's political future the provisional government found itself without the strength needed to stem the tide of anarchism that saw the mobs running [Music] wild November 7th and Lennon and his followers took over the Reigns of government without a shot being fired deftly the Army had been won over to the Bolshevik side with calm Assurance Lennon and his military aid Leon trosky now sued for peace with Germany the fact that this move was an act of treachery to Russia's allies meant little or nothing to the bolic leader and as the world was to learn treachery was to become the new Red Nation stock in trade the Russian Revolution had brought with it a brand new order of the people the birth of a major world power had been midwifed by the global fires of World War [Music] I for