Russia and the USSR 1905-1941
Causes and course of the Bloody Sunday massacre in St Petersburg
On the 22nd January 1905, the Bloody Sunday massacre took place in the Russian capital Saint Petersburg.
What triggered the Russo-Japanese War? Overview of the attack on Port Arthur.
On the 8th February 1904, the Russian-controlled Port Arthur was attack by Japanese torpedos.
Russian mutiny on the battleship Potemkin
The crew of the Russian battleship Potemkin mutinied on the 27th June 1905, an uprising that was immortalized in Sergei Eisenstein’s 1925 silent film.
The origins of the First Russian Empire’s State Duma
The Russian Empire’s State Duma met for the first time at the Taurida Palace in St. Petersburg on 27th April 1906.
The origins of Pravda, the official newspaper of Communist Russia
Pravda, the official newspaper of what became the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, was first published on 5 May 1912.
Causes of the Russian Revolution – The Eastern Front in WW1
An overview of the Eastern Front in the First World War, a cause of the Russian Bolshevik revolution in 1917.
Lenin and the ‘sealed train’ that returned him to Russia
Vladimir Lenin arrived in Russia after a decade of self-imposed exile.
Brief overview of the Bolshevik Revolution
On the 7th November 1917, Red Guards entered the Winter Palace in St Petersburg in a defining event of the Bolshevik Revolution.
The Bolshevik Revolution
This excellent documentary presents the events of the 1917 Revolutions, with a particular focus on the actions of the Bolsheviks.
