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starter activity. You will be given a card which refers to one of the 4 Dumas between 1906 and 1917. Move to an appropriate corner of the room according to your card. Extension. Which Duma was the most successful?. What caused the February revolution (1917) ?. Aims.
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starter activity You will be given a card which refers to one of the 4 Dumas between 1906 and 1917. Move to an appropriate corner of the room according to your card. Extension. Which Duma was the most successful?
What caused the February revolution (1917) ? Aims To identify the reasons why the Tsar was forced to abdicate To compare the 1905 and 1917 Revolutions To plan an essay question & develop essay-writing skills
Your task • Read p.48-9 – ‘The Petrograd demonstrations’ and list the reasons why demonstrations occurred in Russia’s capital • What events made the demonstrations even more volatile, i.e. threatening to the Tsar’s government? • Extension. How similar were these protests to those of 1905?
Demonstrations • Bloody Sunday – 9 Jan, 140,000 workers commemorating Bloody Sunday • Food shortages & rationing – strikes about food in St P & across Russia • Poor working conditions – 14 Feb, 100,000 workers in St P • International Women’s Day – 23 Feb, coincided with strike at Putilov Engineering Works
Putilov engineering works during the February Revolution. How could historians use this evidence?
Your task • Read p.49-50 and list the reasons why the Tsar was forced to abdicate • Which event was the turning point in the February Revolution? • Extension. Why do you think this Revolution succeeded, whilst the 1905 Revolution failed?
Abdication of Tsar • Cossacks - refused to fire on protestors, including elite Pavlovsky Life Guards • Mutinies – Volinksy Regiment joined demonstrators • Dissolution of Duma • Formation of Provisional Govt (PG) • Tsar’s lack of resolve – offer to share power with Rodzianko & State Duma • St P Soviet – rival authority, ‘Order No. 1’ • Lack of an heir – Nicholas refused crown for his son, his brother Grand Duke Michael also refused Rodzianko
Your task • Your teacher will give you a card describing either the 1905 or 1917 Revolutions. Stand in the appropriate area of your Venn diagram
Your task • Watch ‘The Russian Revolution in Colour’ and answer the questions provided. • One historian said that Russia was like a bottle of fizzy water that had been shaken for years, until suddenly the top came off. Explain what he meant by this?
Your task • Read p.52-3 on planning questions on causation & change. Explain the difference between these to types of questions and • In your groups produce a spider diagram to answer question B on p.52 • In pairs produce a topic paragraph for each factor • Read the paragraphs & vote on the most successful Success criteria >>>>>>
Homework • Revise for a practise question on the February Revolution. • Read p.54-8 about the Provisional Government and complete the table your teacher provides.
Extension • Read p.307-353 in Figes and note down what he believes were the principal causes of the Revolution. • In Figes’ view was the Revolution caused more by the failures of the government or the direct action of Russian citizens?
Plenary • What were the chief causes of the February Revolution? • How similar / different were the 1905 & February 1917 Revolutions • Explain the TEA principle • Extension. Do you agree with WH Chamberlain that this was one of the most ‘spontaneous revolutions of all time’?
