Category: Russia and the USSR 1905-1941
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Lenin and the ‘sealed train’ that returned him to Russia
Vladimir Lenin arrived in Russia after a decade of self-imposed exile.
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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.
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The Bolshevik Revolution
This excellent documentary presents the events of the 1917 Revolutions, with a particular focus on the actions of the Bolsheviks.