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VCE Russian Revolution lecture

VCE Russian Revolution lecture. AOS 1 & 2 Studied as 1 st or 2 nd Rev. AOS 1 1905-1917. Why study History? Greatest stories, people: individuals, communities, countries, soul, quest for truth

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VCE Russian Revolution lecture

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  1. VCE Russian Revolution lecture AOS 1 & 2 Studied as 1st or 2nd Rev.

  2. AOS 1 1905-1917 • Why study History? • Greatest stories, people: individuals, communities, countries, soul, quest for truth • Why study Russia? Peoples Tragedy. (20th could have been very different. At least Russia’s history would have been different. • All learning; Arrive confused, but leave confused at a higher level.

  3. Events • 1904-5 Russo –Japanese War. • 1905 Jan. Bloody Sunday Massacre • 1905 Jan-Nov. 1905 Revolution. • 1905 May. Battle of Tsushima • 1905 Oct. Trotsky’s St Petersburg Soviet • 1905 Oct Manifesto by Tsar • 1906 April. Fundamental State Laws • 1906 May. Formation of the Duma

  4. Events • 1906 Witte replaced with Stolypin • 1906 Stolypin’s land reforms & oppression • 1911 Stols assassinated • 1912 Lena Goldfields Massacre • 1912 Formal split of Bolsh/Mensh • 1913 Economy picking up • 1913 Romanov Tri-Centenary • 1914 WW1 (1914-1918) • 1915 Tsar takes control of Army

  5. Events • 1915 Tsarina & Rasputin running the Government • 1916 Dec. Rasputin assassinated. • 1917 Feb. Putilov/Int.Womens Day March. • 1917 Feb Revolution • 1917 Feb. Provisional Govt/ Petro Soviet • 1917 March. Tsar abdicates • 1917 March . Sov Order No1

  6. Events • 1917 April. Lenin returns. April Theses • 1917 June Offensive • 1917 July Days • 1917 Aug. Kornilov Revolt • 1917 Oct Rev • 1917 Dec. Constituent Assembly elections • 1917 Dec. Cheka formed • 1918 Jan. Dismissal on Const. Assem

  7. Events • 1918 Jan. Civil War • 1918 March. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk • 1918 May. War Communism implemented • 1918 July. Assassination of Romanovs • 1918 Aug-Sept. Kulak Laws • 1921 Kronstadt Rebellion • 1921 NEP

  8. Events • 1922 Show Trials • 1923 Formation of USSR • 1924 Lenin dies

  9. Leaders/Personalities • Tsar • Tsarina • Lenin • Trotsky • Witte • Stolypin • Rasputin • Marx & Engels

  10. Leaders/Personalities • Rodzianko • Dzerzhinsky • Kollantai • Krupskaya

  11. Ideas • Autocracy/Tsarism • Marxism/ Leninism • Capitalism • Communism • Proletariat • Bourgeoisie • Terror • War Communism • NEP

  12. Ideas • State wither away • Classless utopia • All Power to the Soviets • Dictatorship of the Prols • Education • Electrification. Goelro

  13. Groups/movements • Bolsheviks Soc Demos • Mensheviks Soc Demos • Social Revolutionary Party • Kadets • Octobrists • Peasants, Kulaks. rural Prols • Industrial workers. urban Prols • Cossacks

  14. Groups/ movs • Bourgeoisie • Church • Okhrana • Duma • Progressive Bloc • Prov Govt • Petro Soviet • Red Guard

  15. Groups/movs • Red Army • Soviets, Mir, Zemstvos • Cheka • Whites • Reds • Greens • Sovnarkom • Politburo/Orgburo & Secretariat

  16. Documents • Karl Marx Communist Manifesto 1848 • Lenin What is to be Done 1902 • Fr Gapon Bloody Sunday Petition 1905 • Tsar Nicholas II October Manifesto 1905 • Duma Abdication doc Feb 1917 • Soviet Order No1. March 1917 • Lenin April Theses 1917 • Lenin Kulak Law 1918 • Lenin Treaty of Brest-Litovsk 1918 • Kronstadt Petition 1921 • Lenin Political Will 1922

  17. Historians • Pipes • Figes • Service • Fitzpatrick • Ryan/Malone • Reed • Soviet view

  18. Devilishly cunning VCE, AOS1 1st Rev 1905-1917 • 2 extended paragraphs of 10 marks each • Answer the question • HAMBURGER, 3 layers, 3/4 main points. Factual content with insight • Writing a killer opening paragraph/mini essay • Past VCE Qs • 2005 VCE Q1 Lenin’s ideas & Q 2 Nicholas II’s Abdication • 2006 VCE Q1 Bloody Sunday & Q 2 Prov. Govt.

  19. VCE AOS1 • 2007 VCE Q1 WWI & Abdication Q2 Lenin’s policies • 2008 VCE Q1 Tsar & Oct Manifesto Q2 Prov. Govt. • 2009 VCE Q1 Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905. Q2 Lenin’s April Theses

  20. VCE AOS1 • 2010 VCE Q1 WW1-Oct1917 & Q2 Kornilov July-Oct1917 • 2011 VCE Q1 & Q2

  21. Russia AOS II. 1st RevDocs/images 1917-1924 • Discriminating Q. • Image/ Document/ Historiography • Structured questions a, b, c & d • a and b comprehension . 2 marks each • c 6 marks and d 10 marks, Writing a killer opening paragraph • HAMBURGER, 3 layers, 3/4 main points. Factual content with insight

  22. Russia 1st Rev. AOSII. VCE past Qs. Docs/images • 2005 VCE Pipes on Lenin • 2006 VCE Kronstadt Petition 1921 • 2007 VCE Lenin defending using terror 1918 • 2008 VCE Orlando Figes • 2009 VCE Lenin’s NEP 1921 • 2010 VCE Lenin on Constit.Assembly 1918

  23. Russia. as 2nd Rev AOS1Docs/images 1905-1917 • Discriminating Q. • Image/ Document/ Historiography • Structured questions a, b, c & d • a and b comprehension • c and d, Writing a killer opening paragraph • HAMBURGER, 3 layers, 3/4 main points. Factual content with insight

  24. Russia as 2nd Rev AOS 1VCE Past Qs. • 2005 VCE Bloody Sunday poster 1905 • 2006 VCE Feb Rev poster 1917 • 2007 VCE Oct Rev poster 1917 • 2008 VCE Bloody Sunday poster 1905 • 2009 VCE Miliukov doc. 1916/Feb 1917 • 2010 VCE Q Rasputin poster/Feb 1917 • 2011 VCE Q?

  25. Russia as 2nd Rev AOS 2 1917-1924 Essay • 2005 Choice of 3:pol change, signif change, crises and compromises • 2006 Choice of 3: rigid and auth, benefits, original aims and reality • 2007 Choice of 3: leaders modifying ideals, difficulties, signif change • 2008 Choice of 3: resolve grievances, successful in fulfilling ideals, nature of pol authority

  26. Essay • 2009 Set Q. Contention from Figes that Lenin’s Bolsh. Party “set out with high ideals, only to find out later that the outcome was quite different.” • To what extent had the original ideals of the Bolshevik Party been altered by 1924? • Use evidence to support your response.

  27. Essay • 2010 Set Q. Contention from Pipes; argues that judged in terms of its own aspirations, the communist regime was a monumental failure: it succeeded in one thing only-staying in power. • To what extent were the aspirations of the Bolshevik Party achieved by 1924? • Use evidence to support your answer.

  28. Help • www.studyroom.info & www.vcaa.vic.edu.au • Virtual classroom. USB or school website • university websites: • Nicholas & Alexandra 1971, Ten Days that Shook the World BBC, Reds, Dr Zhivago, docos • Teachers & Historians • Past students lectures • HTAV days • Text, Leading Edge, Checkpoints,wide reading & BHW

  29. Help • Inter-school activity • Prac SACs against the clock • VCE marking • Preparation breeds confidence/enjoyment

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