Study the timeline of Russian history, and read the passage from chapter 1 of Animal Farm. A timeline of Russian history from 1890 to 1940. Tsar Nicholas the second's imperial guard massacres protestors in 1905, Lenin leads the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, Lenin and Stalin establish the U S S R in 1922, and agriculture is collectivized by the Communist Party in 1928.

"Is it not crystal clear, then, comrades, that all the evils of this life of ours spring from the tyranny of human beings? Only get rid of Man, and the produce of our labour would be our own. Almost overnight we could become rich and free. What then must we do? Why, work night and day, body and soul, for the overthrow of the human race! That is my message to you, comrades: Rebellion!"

Which event most likely influenced the writing of this passage?

the 1905 massacre of people who were protesting their poor living conditions
the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, which was inspired by the ideals of Lenin
the development of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by Lenin in 1922
the collectivization of agriculture by the Communist Party in Russia in 1928