The peasants and workers living conditions during Lenin’s government were different comparing to Tsar’s government. …show more content…
The most basic way both Tsar and Lenin used to punish the opposites was to get them out of the country or hang them. During Tsar's government, there were three particular groups that were opposite Tsar. The ‘Cadets’ who were the middle-class people, Socialist Revolutionaries, and Bolsheviks Mensheviks which were the Social Democratic Party. They were big and unstoppable so Tsar made a secret police called ‘Okhrana’. They were the spies who murdered and exiled the oppositions. A few years later, revolution finally happened and the Winter Palace got surrounded. On the Sunday 22 January 1905, a huge amount of protesters came to the Winter Palace to say their hopes to Tsar. But the only thing the soldiers did was to fire without any warning or sign. So from this reaction, Tsar was very decisive and clear with punishing and controlling the opposite. Lenin also had opposite who he had to control of. He also exiled people and hang some people who were hating Lenin. As he wants peace in the country and gives equal chances, he controls the opposite in a peaceful condition. “The best way to control the opposition is to lead it ourselves.”(Lenin) This quote from Lenin shows that he controlled the opposition by controlling their government by plan and not be bothered any of these attacks. So the way the Lenin’s government controlled opposites are also different to Tsar.
By looking at the three main points on the differences and similarities the Tsar’s government and the Lenin’s government had, Lenin’s governments is overall more different than Tsar’s government. Lenin was more caring the people and changing the rules while Tsar did not. Also, how they controlled the human rights and the oppositions were different. In overall, Lenin’s government was different to Tsar’s government and this made Russia able to become a better country out of