Russian Revolution: Overview

Alpha History is the most useful website to assist in studying the Russian Revolution, as it is written specifically for VCE History students. Useful sections include: 

• Topics – short articles explaining key events 
• Who’s who – short biographies of revolutionary figures 
• Timelines – detailed timelines (use the menu on the left to navigate between different time periods) 
• Historical interpretations – find quotes from a range of historians 
• Historical perspectives – find quotes from a range of people who lived through the revolution 

ThoughtCo – Russian Revolution Timeline – contains links to a number of articles about the Russian Revolution 

Orlando Figes’ website – offers short extracts from Figes’ book Revolutionary Russia 1891-1991 

Seventeen Moments in Soviet History – each topic has a short introductory essay and a series of primary sources 

Spartacus Educational – each article contains a short essay, followed by short extracts from primary sources and historical interpretations that you can gather quotes and evidence from  

Choices Program – Russian Revolution videos 

BBC Bitesize – Russia 1881-1921 – offers short revision articles and quizzes  

The State Library of Victoria has a useful Study Guide with links to relevant resources. 

eBooks available with a free State Library of Victoria membership: 

• Orlando Figes – The Story of Russia 

• Stephen Lee – Lenin and Revolutionary Russia – a short study guide aimed at Year 12 students from the UK 

• Mark D. Steinberg -  The Russian Revolution, 1905-1921 

• Jonathan Daly and Leonid Trofimov, The Russian Revolution and its global impact : a short history with documents