The Russian Revolution

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 2

Please write down in your notebook

Tsar

Bloody Sunday

Communists

Soviets

Bolsheviks

Lenin

Make sure to leave enough space to add notes!

4.3 - The Russian Revolution

Goal

When this class is finished, you...

• can explain why a revolution started in Russia in 1917
• know what life was like in Russia under the Tsar 

Lesson plan

Life in Russia/start Revolution	20 min
Break	4 min
Assignment	20 min
Closing	5 min

Where were we?

• What event triggered the First World War? 

•  What made the First World War a modern war?

• Can you name two reasons why Germany surrendered in 1918?

Russia under the Tsar

• Inequality

•  Tsar and nobility owned most of the land

• Peasants were poor and had no rights

• There was no democracy - the Tsar had all the power 

Bloody Sunday

• 22 januari 1905: large demonstration 

• The Tsar ordered his army to suppress the uprising by force. Hundreds of unarmed protesters were killed or wounded

• But the Tsar did install the Duma - a parliament with very little power

A new ideology

•  A small group of people started to resist: the communists

• They believed that everybody in society should be equal. The state takes care of everything - nobody would steal or go hungry

• They were prepared to use violence to gain power

Revolution

• Russia was suffering because of World War I: lots of losses, famine, poverty

• The communists promised a better world: equality and no more hunger

• In February 1917 uprisings broke out. Russian soldiers refused to fire on their own people

Revolution

• The Tsar gave up his throne. 
• Workers and soldiers united to govern in soviets 

• The new government could not solve Russia's problems

• In October 1917 a second revolution by Bolsheviks overturned the government 

End of the Tsar

• Tsar and his family were taken prisoner - for their own 'safety'

• Lenin was afraid supporters would try to free them
  

• 17 July 1918: The Tsar and his family were shot
  

A new country: the Soviet Union

Short break!

What caused the Russian Revolution?

1. Find effects of the causes - write them down
   
2. If you can come up with another cause - write it down
   
3. Use the 9 cards to fill the diamond - which cause is more important? 
   
4. Fill out the question form
   

What have we got?

Three most important causes

Three least important causes

What causes did you add?

How did you do it?

Why did we do this?