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Twilight of Autocracy: Path to Russian Revolution

Delve into the downfall of the Romanov Dynasty through the lens of autocracy and socioeconomic turmoil in Imperial Russia. Explore the factors that led to revolution and societal upheaval, analyzing power structures and protest movements. Unearth the contrasting lives of different social classes and the Russian Royal Family amidst rising dissent. Reflect on the impact of geography and socioeconomics on revolutionary attitudes, ultimately culminating in the fall of a dynasty.

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Twilight of Autocracy: Path to Russian Revolution

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  1. Death of a Dynasty: The Road to the Russian Revolution

  2. “Let all know that I, devoting all my strength to the welfare of the people, will uphold the principle of autocracy as firmly and as unflinchingly as my late unforgettable father.” • Define autocracy/absolutism-what do you know about this type of rule/government? • What can you infer from this statement about what life under the Czar might have been like? Do-Now

  3. How did geographic and socioeconomic factors lead to the Russian Revolution and the fall of the Romanov Dynasty? Essential Question:

  4. How can “problems” of geography factor into revolutionary attitudes or movements?

  5. How might the socioeconomic issues of Russia have factored into the coming civil war/revolution? Social Classes

  6. How do these images compare and contrast to one another? • What do they say about Russian life for the different classes? *Keep the class structure in mind as you view and analyze the photos in the slideshow. Photo Analysis

  7. The Russian Royal Family

  8. The palace

  9. Group of poor street children

  10. City of Cherdyn; 1910

  11. Russian troops the field during WW1

  12. Peasant girls, Russian Empire 1909

  13. Settler's family, Settlement of Grafovka; 1905/1915

  14. Farmstead with a group of peasants, 1905/1915

  15. Pre revolution peasants getting water

  16. “It’s a hooligan movement, young boys and girls running about and screaming that they have no bread, only to excite- and then the workmen preventing others from work- if it were very cold they would probably stay in doors. But this will all pass and quieted down- if the Duma would only behave itself.”- Alexandra to Nicholas • What does this quote say about Alexandra as a ruler? • What is her attitude/how does she view the protest movements beginning in Russia? Closing-Exit Ticket

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