Russia, October 1917

Russia: October, 1917

Task 1: Read about the July Offensive and the Kornilov Revolt. It is October, 1917. Write a brief speech about what action the people in your group should take.

Task 2 : Meet in your groups. Discuss what the group should do at this stage.

Task 3: Go to Russian Revolution and read about what happened to your character during 1917. Write a brief summary of what happened comparing your decisions with those of your character.

Task 4: Write down what happened to your character after the Russian Revolution.

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

Men

Julius Martov

Nikolai Sukhanov

Women

Elizabeth Kovalskaia

Praskovia Ivanovskia

Olga Liubatovich

Group D: Bolsheviks

Men

Vladimir Lenin

Nickolai Bukharin

Alexander Shlyapnikov

Mikhail Frunze

Lev Kamenev

Gregory Zinoviev

Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko

Leon Trotsky

Women

Inessa Armand

Nadezhda Krupskaya

Elena Stasova

Alexandra Kollontai

Maria Spirdonova

Rosa Luxemburg

Louise Bryant