REVOLUTIONS

French and Russian Revolution

French and Russian Revolution

Thesis Statement

The uprising of pressing regional matters was a gateway for the revolution in both France and Russia.

Introduction

Peace and harmony are the two factors which the world has longed for since the creation and continues to do so. However, despite all the efforts to keep this world as peaceful as possible, somehow, in almost every era, certain circumstances arise which make it difficult to for the world to keep up with the peace, and strive for their liberty, dignity and worldly desires. It is rather difficult to detect a single era, when the mankind did not involve itself into conspiracies, grudges and gruesome confrontations.

Ever since the world rode on the course of progress and the world started to witness the formation of numerous civilisations and societies, there emerged nations and regions, which started acknowledging their separate identities and recognition. This lust of recognition and separate identity played a pivotal role in indulging the mankind into the trivial acts of clashes and brawls. However, there have been numerous reasons behind these clashes and brawls. What is even more interesting is the fact that these clashes were not only confined to the international boundaries; the nations even within their regions could not abstain themselves from a gruesome internal uproar and bloodshed. The French and Russian revolutions are the historic manifestation of such internal uproar and drastic clashes.

History of French Revolution

The French revolution was the repercussion of not only a single aspect, in fact, what constituted of and ignited the spark of this revolution can be attributed to numerous and varying factors. For a very long time the French population was coerced to live and survive in conditions, which can easily enable the person to be frustrated and agitated from the life, as well as the establishment. Not only were the inhabitants subjected to submit their wills to the oppressive and, to a significant extent, an incompetent establishment. It was the ever dwindling economic condition and the excessive financial and tax burden on the general public that made this revolution inhabitant. What really agitated the general population was the fact that the establishment without any consideration subjected the poor and the middle class; and the noble class, which was in a favourable position to pay any kind of tax, was gracefully exempted from this burden. The exemption of the noble escalated the burden of the tax on the poor. It was gradually becoming hard for them to decide either to serve their earnings in enabling their families to survive, or give away what ever they earn to the ruling authority, in form of taxes (Lefebvre, 1947, P. 96).

What further ignited the desperation in to the general population, besides the ever increasing burden of taxes and financial mismanagement, it was the feudal domination. It is quite natural for any population to call it quits, when the level of endurance reaches it limits. Similar aspect surrounded the French population, as well in the ...