Discovery Education
Discovery Education: The Russian Revolution
An intriguing lesson plan for world history for diving deep into the Russian Revolution. Discover the strong personalities of the leaders who lent themselves to the revolution. Find resources, probing questions for discussion, extension...
InterKnowledge Corp.
Geographia.com: The Path to Revolution
Historical account from Geographia.com of the events that led the Russians to a Communist revolution in 1918.
PBS
Kqed: Russian American Immigration
A historic look at the earliest wave of Russian immigration to the United States, which began in the late nineteenth century and continued up to the passage of restrictive immigration laws in the 1920s. With details about how World War I...
Other
Russian Life: Nikita S. Khrushchev
Russian Life offers this article that analyzes Khrushchev and his de-Stalinization policies during the 1950s and 1960s.
Other
Five Years of the Russian Revolution and the Prospects of the World Revolution
This site provides some of Lenin's personal thoughts. It includes his ideas on heavy industry for Russia.
George Mason University
George Mason Museum: Russian Civil War
A brief overview from the George Mason Museum of some of the many conflicts that grew out of the Russian Civil War.
Digital History
Digital History: America at War: The Guns of August
Read about the course of World War I on both the eastern and western fronts. See how the upheaval in the world brought about attempts at revolution in several countries.
A&E Television
Biography: Maxim Gorky (1868 1936)
This resource provides a short biography of Russian novelist Maxim Gorky.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Maksim Gorky
Informative biographical essay focusing on Gorky's political and social activities. Features several quotations from major works, and links to pages on Tolstoy and Chekhov.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: Chairman Smiles: Political Posters
Online exhibit of political posters from the former Soviet Union, Cuba, and China, with discussion of the role they played in the revolutionary history of each country. [To access the Dutch version of the site, click back to home.]
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.