Talk:Russian Revolution

In the third paragraph of the text about the October Revolution, I'm missing sources. Furthermore, it also seems like speculation on potential results for the left SR is not appropriate here. Could someone add sources to this part or otherwise modify it to be more in line with Wikipedia standards? PottedPlantUnleashed (talk) 08:45, 14 May 2025 (UTC)

Is it possible to add that not only Lenin's direct order has never been confirmed, there is also no evidence that it ever happened based on extensive archival investigation by the (anticommunist) Russian Government?

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/8264321/No-proof-Lenin-ordered-last-Tsars-murder.html

in the Murder of the Romanov family page on wikipedia, we have direct mention to the investigation, maybe we could adapt the text to be more like it:

"A 2011 investigation concluded that, despite the opening of state archives in the post-Soviet years, no written document has been found which proves Lenin or Sverdlov ordered the executions. However, they endorsed the killings after they occurred." see in: Murder of the Romanov family SambaReal (talk) 15:17, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

Probably not, if for the sole reason that this article is about a social revolution – where, for all relevant political agents and participants, the former royal family became profoundly irrelevant almost instantly following 2 March 1917. Remsense 🌈 论 15:28, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

Fair enough. It's just that I still see a lot of sources mentioning "Lenin's order to take out the Royal family". Being a collective and known wiki, I thought that would be an interesting addition to make clear that there are no evidences SambaReal (talk) 16:35, 6 September 2025 (UTC)

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"A series of political crises – see the chronology below – in the relationship between population and government and between the Provisional Government and the Soviets (which developed into a nationwide movement with a national leadership)."

This sentence is a fragment, it's missing a verb.

Maybe "A series of political crises (see chronology below) *defined* the relationship between population and government and between the Provisional Government and the Soviets"

Also, the phrasing 'between (a) and (b) and between (c) and (d)' is syntactically dense; it's coordinating noun phrases by stacking the word "and".

Maybe '...crises in the relationships both between population and government, and between the Provisional Government and the Soviets.'"

This sentence also has too many parentheticals ("...-see chronology below-...", "(which developed...).") Maybe this needs a complete rewrite.

"A series of political crises - see chronology below - characterized the relationship between the population and the government. These tensions were mirrored in the relation between the Provisional Government and the Soviets, which were developing into a nationwide movement with a national leadership."

You might be able to do better, thanks :) ~2026-18307-83 (talk) 07:14, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

 Done Thank you for pointing out this very poorly written sentence. I've done my best to simplify and improve it. Day Creature (talk) 14:28, 24 March 2026 (UTC)