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Today we will be learning about the causes and consequences of the Bolshevik Revolution and the Russian Civil War. I hope your stomachs are strong---it gets bloody fast.

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How Did the Russian Empire Actually Work?

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A great father but a poor leader, learn more about the man at the helm of a crumbling empire. Included in this link is a short, succinct timeline of events leading up to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917.

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Sketch of Czar Nicholas II. February 7, 1904. The Indianapolis Journal (Indianapolis, IN), Image 35. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers.

Nicholas II (1868-1918), crowned in 1894, was the last Russian emperor. Characterized by some as shy, weak, vacillating, and indecisive, he was nevertheless a stubborn supporter of the right of the sovereign under growing pressure for reform. Discontent at home, plus losses of territory and massive casualties in two wars, precipitated the February Revolution on March 12, 1917. Nicholas II abdicated on March 15, 1917. In April 1918, the Bolshevik government moved him and the Imperial family to Vekaterinburg in the Urals, where they were executed on July 17, 1918, as anti-Bolshevik forces approached the city. Read more about it!

The information in this guide focuses on primary source materials found in the digitized historic newspapers from the digital collection Chronicling America.

The timeline below highlights important dates related to this topic and a section of this guide provides some suggested search strategies for further research in the collection.

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Research Guides: Czar Nicholas II: Topics in Chronicling America: Introduction

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Nicholas II (1868-1918), crowned in 1894, was the last Russian emperor. Characterized by some as shy, weak, vacillating, and indecisive, he was nevertheless a stubborn supporter of the right of the sovereign under growing pressure for reform. Discontent at home, plus losses of territory and massive casualties in two wars, precipitated the February Revolution on March 12, 1917.

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Economic Conditions in Russia at the Turn of the 20th Century

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Economic Conditions in Russia at the Turn of the 20th Century

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The following video will quickly guide you through the economic conditions in late 19th/ early 20th Century Russia, as mainly seen by the worker and the peasantry. This video will give you an introduction to the first revolt that failed in 1905.

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The Peasants and the 1905 Russian Revolution

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Commanding Heights : Vladimir Lenin | on PBS

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Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary leader and theorist, who presided over the first government of Soviet Russia and then that of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Lenin was the leader of the radical socialist Bolshevik Party (later renamed the Communist Party), which seized power in the October phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917. After the revolution, Lenin headed the new Soviet government that formed in Russia. He became the leader of the USSR upon its founding in 1922. Lenin held the highest post in the Soviet government until his death in 1924, when Joseph Stalin assumed power.

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Lenin giving a heated speech to his comrades. It was always a heated speech.

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Meet your new friend Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. He is essential to this lesson. SPOILER ALERT! Becomes the first leader of the Soviet Union.

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This video gives a brief recap of what we have already covered, as well as moving us through the Bolshevik Revolution and up to the Russian Civil War. You thought all the violence was finished with the Revolution of 1917? You have another thing coming! And so did the Russian people.

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red and white army of the russian civil war

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Now it is time for you guys to do some reading on your own. armyheritage.org is a good resource for anything battle related.

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Russian Civil War - Army Heritage Center Foundation

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As World War I dragged on, the Russian people grew angry at the Czar and his repressive government. In March…

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Inside you will find key terms and a great section on the aftermath of the Revolution and Civil War highlighting territorial shifts that will play a significant role in our next lesson on the Soviet Union.

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The Russian Civil War | History of Western Civilization II

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The Russian Civil War, which broke out in 1918 shortly after the October Revolution, was fought mainly between the “Reds,” led by the Bolsheviks, and the “Whites,” a politically-diverse coalition of anti-Bolsheviks.

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I will not leave you on a cliff hanger. In this short, easy-to-follow video we not only get a recap of a lesson, but get to see how it all ends for our new friends Lenin and Trotsky, while looking forward to Stalin on the horizon.

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Ten Minute History - The Russian Revolution (Short Documentary)

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Winter Palace (now the Hermitage Museum) in St. Petersburg

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What you are looking at is the official residence of The House of Romanov. The Bolsheviks stormed it in October of 1917. The taking of it became a great symbol of the revolution.

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Congratulations! You made it to the end of the lesson. You also made it through a few decades of bloody Russian turmoil and lived to talk about it. Thank you for your participation and attention. Now celebrate!