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

Stalin's Dictatorship

Activities

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	USSR 1924 - 1945	Timeline exercise	1924-1945. Russia after Lenin