Socialist revolution in Russia not possible without military support.

The cruel autocratic rule of the Czars was heritage of Mangol Khans and Byzantine empire. For centuries people of Russia mostly peasants were oppressed under tyrannical landlords, brutal conscription and monstrous bureaucracy. As early as 1873 during the reign of Catherine the Great, first anti Czar unrest erupted. Emelyan Pugachev led the revolt over harsh rules of military service, the injustices of serfdoms and bureaucrats. He was arrested and banished to Siberia, one of first of may thousand political workers forced to live as bonded labour. 13 British colonies of America which gained freedom from colonial power England in 1774 after long war caused political upheavals in whole world. This experiment of constitutional government inspired group of reformists in Russia too who attempted to stage uprising but it was too suppressed.

In 1790 only 14 years after constitutional experiment of USA a Russian intellectual Alexander Rashidov wrote a pamphlet against tyrannies of landlords and bureaucracy. He was too banished to Siberia. Amidst increasing tension, a more realistic Czar Alexander-II came to imperial throne in 1855. Acknowledging the grievances and unrest among population, he took bold step by liberating serfs. He was assassinated under palace conspiracy which stead fasted unrest across whole Russia. Peasants formed organized bands which raided mansions of landlords, burnt them, confiscating their grain and farm implements. In St. Petersburg ( Petrograd) and Moscow industrial workers were stirring restlessly. In 1905 an able priest father George Gabon organized society of industrial workers and led a giant procession and marched to Winter Palace through an appeal to Czar Nicholas II for relief to oppressed population.

Though processions were chanting slogan of 'God Save Zcar' yet Zcar's troops opened fire. Hundreds were mowed down. In history that January Sunday is called as Bloody Sunday. Same year industrial workers of St. Petersburg and Moscow organized themselves in Soviets(councils). Czar was so frightened that he acceded to formation of legislative body Duma though with limited powers. Despite Duma the moderate political workers continued struggle for more reforms while more revolutionaries worked underground against aristocrats and landlords. Finally 1st World War (1914 to 1918) flames engulfed entire system.

Czar's bureaucracy was unable to cope with defeats of war. At this juncture as discontent among industrial and political...