Russian Revolution of 1917 from the Regional Perspective: Perception Issues

There are different approaches to interpretation of the political processes in 1917. Therefore, the problem of revealing the reasons for the drastic protest events, resulted in the greatest social revolution in the Russian history, is a topical scientific issue. One of the directions in solving this scientific issue is comparing political processes in the centre and regions. It is stated on the basis of studying the sources of reasons for possible protest moods in Siberia (as in the case of Irkutsk Governorate) that there were no problems in the region which could not be solved within the framework of the existent political system. Moreover, participation in the First World War contributed to consolidation of society and authorities. The situation started to change drastically after the coup in February 1917. The reforms launched by the Provisional Government inevitably lead to accession to power of Bolshevik Party. The October Revolution in Petrograd was a direct consequence of the Provisional Government policy. Due to this, conceptual understanding of political processes which lead to the October Revolution, requires filling in numerous gaps in historical perception connected with incitation of these processes in the capital of Russia in February 1917. As far as no ambitious revolution of the 20th century happened without external influence, the events of 1917 need to be put into the global context. Only in this case one can fully estimate the internal influence and build an adequate paradigm of political processes, which were completed with implementation of the Soviet project.