Description
Materials:
Lecture 13 - The Russian Revolution (Links to an external site.)
John Merriman (Lecture): Romanovs and the Russian Revolution (Links to an external site.)
Purpose:
This discussion post is designed to evaluate your ability to make broader, analytical connections from the past to contemporary events. Your discussion post should reflect your critical analysis of the past and present.
Directions:
1. Watch the lecture in its entirety. Watch the John Merriman's lecture.
2. Based on the lecture (my lecture), respond to the following prompt:
How did each of the phases of the Russian Revolution differ from each other?
3. Use evidence (names, dates, events etc.) to fully substantiate your point. Avoid being vague. Use specifics.
4. Analyze the evidence carefully, and present your own interpretations. Do not simply recapitulate the lecture word for word with minor alterations in syntax.
Explanation & Answer
View attached explanation and answer. Let me know if you have any questions.
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The Russian Revolution
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The Russian Revolution
One cannot classify the Russian Revolution as a single event but in multiple stages.
Russia had three classes of people: The Tsar, the peasants, and the intelligentsia. The Tsar, who
were the supreme rulers, had poor leadership ability and made poor decisions that led the country
into economic and military disasters (YaleCourses, 2009). The influence of Karl Marx and
Fredrick Engel's Communist Manifesto transformed Russia from a monarchy system to a
Socia...