HISTORY OF IMPERIAL RUSSIA

WEEK - 14
The Russian Revolution of 1917

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( an * indicates a recommended site)

Dec. 12:
Excerpt from John Reed, Ten Days that Shook the World, in coursepack (55 pp.).

Dec. 14:
REVIEW FOR EXAM

Web Links

• General - The Revolutionary Era
  *Pre-Revolutionary Photo Album. From "Fresh Air" St. Petersburg.
  Russia. Online book (chpt.7) by William M. Brinton. (Discusses the early part of the 20th century in some detail).
  Modern World History: Russia in Revolution. Brief summary of the events and causes. From BBC Education.
  World War I and the Russian Revolution. A truncated explanation from Quincy R. Lehr.

• Nicholas' Abdication
  15 March, 1917: Abdication of Nicholas II. Document from the World War I Document Archive.
  Manifesto. Including a brief discussion of the chain of events leading up to the Manifesto. Pictures of the new government leaders. From clinet (Finland).

• The Provisional Government
  The First Provisional Government. Statement from Izvestia 3 March 1917. (From the Durham University site.)

• Kerensky
  Alexander Kerensky. A page from M. F. Baehr.
  Who was Alexander Kerensky? Page maintained by Jeremy Goodwin.

• 1917 Revolution
  You Say You Want a (Russian) Revolution? Site by student, Mathew Young. Intoduction to the topic. Includes some links.
  Russian Revolution in dates. By David Barnsdale.
  The Russian Revolution. Links to maps, pictures, text. By David Barnsdale.
  Museum of Communism. "Lenin and the First Communist Revolution." Professor Brian Caplan, Dept of Economics, George Mason University "curator."
  The Russian Revolution of 1917. Text by G. Rempel.
  1917: Russian Revolutions, the U.S. and More War in Europe. Copyright © 1998 by Frank E. Smitha. [See the sections on the Revolution in Russia.]
  Russia in the 20th Century: The End of the Old Regime. Lecture notes. Maintained by Chris Mizelle (University of Virginia).
  Russia in the 20th Century: Lenin and the October Revolution. Lecture notes. Maintained by Chris Mizelle (University of Virginia).

• Lenin
  Vladimir Ilych Lenin. A biographical sketch by A. V. Lunacharsky.
  Lenin and the Law. Article by Jane Burbank in the Slavic Review, Spring, 1995.
  Lenin's testatment. Lenin's directive to the Party to remove Stalin (made just before Lenin's death). From Steven Krets' page "The History Guide."
  Lenin. Hear Lenin speaking to the meeting of Russian Councils. From Funet Russian Archive.
  Vladimir Ilich Lenin. Links to articles he wrote, photos. (From "Progressive Sociology Network" home page, Univeristy of Colorado, Boulder, Glenn W. Muschert.) Lenin Internet Archive.
  Lenin. Painting by V. Serov. From Funet Russian Archive.
  Lenin and The Great October Revolution. Links to numerous sites. Page from Vadim Engelson.
  

• Krupskaya
  Krupskaya. Hear Lenin's wife speak. From Funet Russian Archive.

• John Reed
  

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