Russia in Revolution timeline

Russia in Revolution timeline

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Russia practice questions

Russia practice questions

• How far is it accurate to say that the outbreak of the 1905 Revolution was more to do with economic than political issues?
• ‘The essential features of autocracy survived the 1905 Revolution’.  How far do you agree with this statement?
• How successful was Communist economic policy in the years 1918-24?
• ‘The survival of Tsarism, in the years 1894-1904, was primarily due to the work of the Okhrana’.  How far do you agree with this statement?
• How accurate is it to say that the Petrograd Soviet undermined the power of the Provisional Government consistently between March and October 1917?
• How accurate is it to say that Kerensky’s political failings were primarily responsible for the downfall of the Provisional Government by October 1917?
• How significant was the Kornilov affair in the downfall of the Provisional Government?
• How significant was the role of Red Terror in the development of Lenin’s government in the years 1917-21?
• The survival and consolidation of Communist government in Russia, in the years 1918-21, owed more to Trotsky’s leadership of the Red Army than to the weaknesses of the opposition’.  How far do you agree with this statement?
• How far did divisions amongst the Communists’ opponents lead to Communist victory in the Civil War (1918-21)?
• How far did the failure of foreign intervention contribute to the victory of the Red Army in the Civil War (1918-21)?

Why not plan some of these 20 mark questions?

Russia revolution 100 anniversary

Russia revolution 100 anniversary

With the commemoration of the Russia revolution approaching there is lots of media to explore.


1. Article to read

Guardian website: Why does the Russian revolution matter?

Places the revolution in context of current events.


2. Exhibition to visit

British Library. Russian Revolution: Hope, Tragedy, Myths

Includes Lenin's application to be a reader at the British Library!


3. TV to watch

Lucy Worsley's programme 'Road to Revolution'

Useful for revision to summarise the key events.

Quizlet Russsia

Quizlet Russia

Nicholas II rule

1905 revolution

End of Romanov rule

PG and opponents

Who is who?

Timeline of key Russia dates

Time of key Russia dates

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1861	Emancipation of the Serfs
1881	Alexander II assassinated Alexander III succeeds as Tsar
1894	Nicholas II succeeded Alexander III as Tsar
1897	Lenin exiled to Siberia
1898	Formation of Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP)
1900	Formation of Socialist Revolutionaries (SRs) Lenin joined RSDLP
1903	RSDLP split between Bolsheviks and Mensheviks Communes no longer responsible for land tenure Trans-Siberian Railway completed
1904	Assassination of Interior Minister Plehve Liberal ‘Banquet Campaign’
1904–05	Russo-Japanese War
1905	‘Bloody Sunday’ Revolution: strikes, mutinies ‘Union of Unions’ formed End of redemption payments; peasants seize land October Manifesto St. Petersburg Soviet formed Troops returning from the war with Japan suppressed soviets
1906	Fundamental Laws Parties legalised
1906–07	First and Second Dumas dissolved after a few months
1906–11	Stolypin’s agricultural reforms
1906–17	Lenin in exile abroad
1906–07	Repression of Tsarism’s opponents
1907	Stolypin’s ‘coup’: Electoral Law restricting the franchise
1907–12	Third Duma
1910	New wave of strikes
1911	Assassination of Stolypin
1912	National insurance scheme Lena goldfields massacre
1912–13	Wars in the Balkans
1912–14	Fourth Duma
1914–18	Russia went to war against Germany and Austria
1914	Suspension of Fourth Duma
1915	Fourth Duma recalled June: Kadets and Octobrists formed the Progressive Bloc August: Tsar appointed himself Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces Control of the government in the hands of Alexandra and Rasputin
1916	Murder of Rasputin
1917	February: Strike began at Putilov factories in Petrograd February Revolution March: Abdication of Tsar Provisional government set up March: Petrograd Soviet issues ‘Order No.1’ April: Return of Lenin: April Theses July Days July: Failure of the Kerensky Offensive August: Kornilov Revolt Trotsky joined Bolsheviks Bolshevik majorities in Petrograd and Moscow soviets Military Revolutionary Committee established October: Bolshevik seizure of power Sovnarkom established Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic set up November: Constituent Assembly Elections November: Decrees on Land and Workers’ Control December: Cheka founded
1918	January: Bolsheviks disbanded Constituent Assembly March: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk Assassination attempt on Lenin July: Tsar and imperial family murdered Bolsheviks renamed (All-)Russian Communist Party (until 1925)
1918–21	War Communism
1919	Communist International Founded
1920	Russo-Polish War: Loss of western Ukraine
1921	Kronstadt Rebellion Tenth Party Congress – ban on factions Introduction of the New Economic Policy (NEP)
1921–22	Famine
1922	Cheka renamed as GPU Stalin became General Secretary of the Central Committee USSR established
1922–23	Lenin suffered series of strokes
1923	‘Scissors Crisis’
1924	Lenin’s death USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) constitution agreed GPU expanded into OGPU