July 1914 Russian Revolution Simulation

Russia: July, 1914

Task 1: Read you biography and write a brief summary of your character's life up until 1914.

Task 2: It is August, 1914. Read about Russia in 1914 and the outbreak of the First World War. Write a brief speech about whether the Russian government should join the war against the Central Powers.

Task 3: You meet in your group. Groups A and B meet in Russia and Groups C and D meet in exile in Switzerland. In your group discuss whether the Russian government should join the war against the Central Powers. You should also try to decide what action the group take in order to achieve its objectives.

Group A: Nicholas II and the Autocracy

Men

Nicholas II

Alexander Sazonov

Ivan Goremykin

Nikolai Maklakov

Peter Wrangel

Anton Denikin

Alexander Kolchak

Lavr Kornilov

Nikolai Yudenich

Felix Yusupov

Sergei Zubatov

Women

Alexandra Romanov

Irina Yusupov

Group B: Liberals and Moderate Socialists

Men

Alexander Kerensky

Alexander Protopopov

Alexander Guchkov

Paul Milyukov

Michael Rodzianko

Peter Struve

Women

Maria Bochkareva

Anna Shabanova

Ariadna Tyrkova

Group C: Mensheviks and Socialist Revolutionaries

Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko

Victor Chernov

Julius Martov

Fedor Dan

Leon Trotsky

Irakli Tsereteli

Nikolai Sukhanov

Women

Alexandra Kollontai

Catherine Breshkovskaya

Maria Spirdonova

Vera Zasulich

Vera Figner

Elizabeth Kovalskaia

Praskovia Ivanovskia

Olga Liubatovich

Group D: Bolsheviks

Men

Vladimir Lenin

Nickolai Bukharin

Alexander Shlyapnikov

Mikhail Frunze

Lev Kamenev

Gregory Zinoviev

Women

Inessa Armand

Nadezhda Krupskaya

Elena Stasova

Rosa Luxemburg

Louise Bryant