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In order to investigate the background that motivated the Bolshevik revolution of 1917, a documentary research was developed through a descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective study carried out from January to December 2016. This article assesses according to current situation and first centenary of the Russian Revolution, the main events that constituted its historical antecedents, which affected the conditions and contexts that preceded the Second World War (1939-1945).