Russian and Soviet History

Russia before the First World War

Opposition to Tsarist Rule

The impact of the First World War

1917: the fall of the Tsar

The Bolshevik Revolution

The role of Lenin

The role of Trotsky

Bolshevik rule 1918 - 1924

The Russian Civil War

The New Economic Policy

Lenin's legacy

The development of communist rule

The impact of Communism on the people

The failure of reform and the decline of the Communist state

The nature of Stalin's dictatorship

Changes in industry and agriculture under Stalin

The changing role of women in the USSR

De-Stalinisation

Khruschev's reforms

The Decline of the Soviet Union

The fall of the Communist state

The role of Gorbachev

Russian and Soviet History

Activity list

Period / Theme	Activity Name	Type	Link	Alternative link / credit
Overview	Russian Geography	Post it	Russian Geography
Overview	Russian Geography	Interactive Diagram	Russian Geography
Pre - Revolution	Opposition to the Tsar before 1914	Practice paper - exam practice with tips	Opposition to the Tsar prior to 1914
Pre - Revolution	Pre-Revolutionary Russia	Living Graph	Pre-Revolutionary Russia
Pre - Revolution	Russia before the Bolshevik Revolution	Quiz	Russia 1905 - 1914
Pre - Revolution	Russian Society	Image labelling	Russian Society Pre-Revolution
Pre - Revolution	Rasputin	Image analysis	Rasputin
Pre - Revolution	Rasputin at the doctors	Image labelling	Rasputin at the Doctors
Lenin	Lenin	Match up	Lenin
Lenin	Lenin	Match up	Lenin 2
Russian Revolution	Lenin	Image annotation	Lenin
Russian Revolution	Support for the Bolsheviks in 1917	Image annotation	Bolshevik appeal
Russian Revolution	Bolshevik Revolution	Timeline exercise	1914-1920. The Bolshevik Revolution
Russian Revolution	Reenacting the storming of the Winter Palace	Image annotation	Storming the Winter Palace
Russian Revolution	Fate of the Romanov's	Image labelling	Fate of the Romanov's
Russian Revolution	The Red Army	Image annotation	Red Army image annotation
Soviet Union under Stalin	USSR 1924 - 1945	Timeline exercise	1924-1945. Russia after Lenin
Soviet Union under Stalin	Changes to Agriculture and Industry	Lights out - source analysis	Changes to Agriculture and Industry under Stalin
Soviet Union under Stalin	Life expectancy in Soviet Russia	Analysis of data in graphical form	Life expectancy in Soviet Russia
Soviet Union under Stalin	Gulag	Predictive task using 'Lights Out' from classtools.net. Turn the 'lights out' before pupils see the image. Move around the Moscow area with the light on a small setting. Ask pupils to say what they think the red dots represent. Gradually increase the size of the Light and the area you cover. This should bring home the extent of the Gulag network once they realise (or are told) what the red dots represent.	The Gulag network in the USSR
Soviet Union under Stalin	Stalin and leading Bolsheviks in 1929	Using Post it to pose a question	Stalin and leading Bolsheviks in 1929
Soviet Union under Stalin	Falsification of images 1	Use the original image alongside the falsified image (on screen) to identify the changes made to images, and to prompt discussion about the purpose of the amendments.	Falsification of Images 1
Soviet Union under Stalin	Falsification of images 2	The original images, and a brief overview of the falsifications, can be found on this webpage - University of Minnesota	Falsification of Images 2
Soviet Union under Stalin	Falsification of Images 3	Third image in this series.	Falsification of Images 3
Soviet Union under Stalin	Industry 1	Using Post it's as a prompt.	Industry 1
Soviet Union under Stalin	Industry 2	Links to the previous image to build understanding and prompt further ideas.	Industry 2
Great Patriotic War	The extent of German Advances	Lights Out	The extent of German advances in the Great Patriotic War
Great Patriotic War	Victory in Europe	Image labelling	Great patriotic War
Cold War	Cold War	Cartoon analysis	Cold War Cartoon
Cold War	Cold War 2	Using an image as a prompt	The Cold War
Cold War	Berlin Wall	using an image as a prompt	Berlin Wall
Cold War	Soviet View of the USA	Using an image as a prompt	Soviet view of the USA
Bolshevik and Soviet Propaganda	Poster Analysis 1	"A general military training is a safeguard for freedom" 1919	Poster Analysis 1
Bolshevik and Soviet Propaganda	Poster Analysis 2	"Long live the Red Army." 1920	Poster Analysis 2
Bolshevik and Soviet Propaganda	Poster analysis 3	"What the October Revolution has given to working and peasant women"	Poster Analysis 3
Bolshevik and Soviet Propaganda	Poster analysis 4	Towards the collective farm	Poster Analysis 4
Bolshevik and Soviet Propaganda	Poster Analysis 5	"Let's consolidate the victory of socialism in the USSR! Let's technically reconstruct the country's economy!"	Poster Analysis 5

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