The History Cat
The History Cat: The Russian Revolution of 1917
Summarizes the events that took place in 1917 as the Russian Revolution evolved into a civil war that lasted from 1918 to 1922.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: World History: Russian Revolution
Students develop and express claims through discussions and writing which examine the impact of relationships between ideas, people, and events across time and place. To accomplish this, they evaluate the causes and consequences of the...
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: The Russian Revolution (1917)
This site provides an excellent lecture providing a wealth of information about the events of the Russian Revolution in 1917.
Virginia Tech
Digital History Reader: 1917 Did the War Cause a Revolution?
A comprehensive unit evaluating what factors led to the Russian revolution in 1917. Understand the circumstances in Russia during WWI, timelines, maps, photos, writing assignments, and a bibliography for further studies.
Hanover College
Hanover College: American Account of Fall of the Czar 1917
The complete text of a telegram sent by the American Consul in St. Petersburg on the fall of the Czar and his replacement by the Duma. The telegram is dated March 20, 1917.
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Origins of the Cheka
This site contains a letter from Lenin to Dzerzhinsky December 17, 1917 about measures to be taken against the bourgeoisie.
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University: Wwi Document Archive: Abdication of Nicholas Ii
A copy of the abdication manifesto of Nicholas II on March 15, 1917.
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.