Curated OER
David Barnsdale: Leading Socialist Revolutionaries
Photos of the key figures in the Russian revolution.
Curated OER
University of Vermont: Anna Akhmatova
Gives a brief history of the life of Anna Akhmatova and how it was changed by the Russian Revolution. Discusses her family (husband and son). Also lists other sites for more information and includes her most famous poem, Requiem.
Other
University of Vermont: Anna Akhmatova
Gives a brief history of the life of Anna Akhmatova and how it was changed by the Russian Revolution. Discusses her family (husband and son). Also lists other sites for more information and includes her most famous poem, Requiem.
Other
Alexander Palace Time Machine
Great resource for history teachers! Website has a lot of information about the Romanov Tsar Alexander's palace, along with an archive of historical diaries and letters. Good resource for studying Russian history. Many pages are...
Stanford University
Stanford Magazine: A Doomed Democracy
An online article on the life of Alexander Kerensky with a focus on his life in the United States when he was a professor at Stanford University.
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Wwi Document Archive: The Royal Navy in the Caspian Sea
An in-depth account of the role of the Royal British Navy during the Russian Civil War, 1918-1920. Provides a complete listing of ships and other units that were involved.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Communism
This site explains the history of communism throughout the world. Looks at the principles of Marxism and communism, Karl Marx, and major communist political victories around the world.
Other
Alexander Palace Time Machine
Look back on the time of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of pre-revolutionary Russia. Take a virtual tour through the palace, with its elaborate halls and reception rooms, family living quarters, and libraries. Of particular interest is the...
Lin and Don Donn
Mr. Donn: Social Studies: Lesson Plans
This is a teacher-created collection of social studies lesson plans on world history. Lessons cover ancient history up to the present day.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Text Sets: World War I
World War I, or the Great War, embroiled the globe in bloody fighting from 1914 to 1918. Learn about the complex alliances that led dozens of countries to go to war, how the war was won, and what life was like for soldiers and civilians....
Other
Economic Reasons for the Collapse of the Soviet Union
This complicated essay describes the fall of the Soviet Union in economic terms, with an emphasis on the lack of production.
Digital History
Digital History: Collapse of Communism
Overview of the collapse of communism at the end of the 1980s and early 1990s ushered in by Mikhail Gorbachev and his reforms.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Russo Japanese War
Article on the Russo-Japanese War, including background, outbreak, military campaigns, battles, peace agreement, the war's aftermath, and its impact on culture.
Middlebury College
Middlebury College: Master & Margarita Housing Shortage
This site provides insight into the shortage of housing that occurred in the Soviet Union during Stalin's reign.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Russia History and Timeline Overview
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the country of Russia including early civilizations, the empire, Tsars, the Russian Revolution, communism, Soviet Union, cold war, and current events.
ibiblio
Ibiblio: The Soviet Union and the United States
This site from ibiblio.org gives information about the historical relationship between the Soviet Union and the United States. After reading the summary on this page, click on the links at the bottom of the page to read about early...
Curated OER
David Barnsdale: Leading Socialist Revolutionaries
Photos of the key figures in the Russian revolution.
A&E Television
Biography: Maxim Gorky (1868 1936)
This resource provides a short biography of Russian novelist Maxim Gorky.
Curated OER
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov, Moscow, 2002
Large article describing the democratic conditions found in Russia during the early 21st Century. Adapted from the book, Kremlin Rising: Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Empire That Was Russia
A beautiful on-line exhibition of photographs by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii offers "A vivid portrait of a lost world - the Russian Empire on the eve of world War I and the coming revolution." The site also has photos of ethnic...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: World History Lesson Plans
These lesson plans deal with world history. Content is organized by grade level, but all lesson plans include suggestions for adaptations for older or younger audiences.
Teachers.net
Teachers.net.: Animal Farm
This site features a complete project guide for George Orwell's book "Animal Farm."
Teachers.net
Teachers.net: Bring Your Character in a Bag Animal Farm
The main objective is for students to be able to interpret a chosen character from the novel Animal Farm. Students will then have an opportunity to represent that character in original symbolic form and present it orally to the class.
Marxists Internet Archive
Marxists.org: Maxim Gorky (1868 1936)
Scroll down to near the bottom of the page and you will find a short biography on Russian playwright, Maxim Gorky. Primarily discusses his association with Russian leader, Lenin.
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