Matu syllabus reference - Révolutions russes : identifier les deux Révolutions de 1917 comme tentatives de résoudre les contradictions de la société russe et montrer leurs aspirations et leurs dérapages ; inscrire la Révolution bolchévique dans le contexte international. NB. Révolution industrielle et contestation sociale : faire une étude comparative des théories communistes de Karl Marx et des mouvements présocialistes. Matu syllabus
Lesson 1 - Russia Before 1917, déjà vu?
For this final year of the Matu, you'll be pleased to know that you won't have to rely entirely on what I say and write. We have a textbook and although not written for Swiss students sitting a bizarre oral exam, most of it will be directly relevant for what we need... including today.
In one of our our previous lessons we were looking at the First World War and in it I wrote: 'In the summer of 1916, General Brusilov (Brusilov Offensive) led a stunning offensive against the Austrians. Three Russian armies broke through the Austrian lines and captured the city of Lutsk on 8 June. But by August, the Russian advance was running out of steam. Another 500,000 Russians were dead or wounded, adding to the half million dead or wounded already in 1916. Such losses intensified Russia’s domestic problems.' In this first lesson we are going to look more closely at those 'domestic problems' because those long-term problems led to (arguably) the most significant even of the 20th century, the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
In one of our our previous lessons we were looking at the First World War and in it I wrote: 'In the summer of 1916, General Brusilov (Brusilov Offensive) led a stunning offensive against the Austrians. Three Russian armies broke through the Austrian lines and captured the city of Lutsk on 8 June. But by August, the Russian advance was running out of steam. Another 500,000 Russians were dead or wounded, adding to the half million dead or wounded already in 1916. Such losses intensified Russia’s domestic problems.' In this first lesson we are going to look more closely at those 'domestic problems' because those long-term problems led to (arguably) the most significant even of the 20th century, the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.
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You know you're getting better at doing history when you start to see things you've seen before. If you can start to see links between separate events and patterns in the chaos of the past, you are beginning to think historically. History starts to become more interesting when it is more than simply 'one damn thing after another'. History also starts to become more useful, because you start to see those links and patterns in your daily life.
Activity
You've studied successful revolutions at least twice before, what did they have in common?
As you read through your textbook try to identify problems in Russia that seem similar to the problems we have seen before in earlier revolutions. But also expect to see things that were new and perhaps unique to Russia before 1917. Create a table like the following to make your notes as you work your way through pages 98-103. Try to identify at least five similar problems.
Activity
You've studied successful revolutions at least twice before, what did they have in common?
As you read through your textbook try to identify problems in Russia that seem similar to the problems we have seen before in earlier revolutions. But also expect to see things that were new and perhaps unique to Russia before 1917. Create a table like the following to make your notes as you work your way through pages 98-103. Try to identify at least five similar problems.
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