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Socials 10: Russian Revolution

Primary Source Material

17 Moments in Soviet History: this website provides historical background and a rich selection of primary documents describing pivotal events of 1917.  Click on an event to open sub-categories including images, photo essays, maps, films, and songs.

http://www.soviethistory.org/index.php?page=subject&show=images&SubjectID=1917party&Year=1917&navi=byYear

Newspaper coverage of the Revolution as it Unfolded


Google has has created a storehouse of original newspapers that can be viewed on a timeline.  Here is how the Melbourne newspaper, The Age covered the ascent of the Bolsheviks on November 23, 1918:

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19181123&id=ifpUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nZIDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6277,4017423
 
You can browse the site to get coverage from other dates as well as other papers.
 
"Propaganda and the RevolutionPropaganda and the Revolution
 
The Russian Revolution through the Prisim of Propaganda." This website is sponsored by Ohio State University's eHisotryy project.  It provides background information as well as images of posters translated into English.   http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/mmh/russian_revolution/
"The Hammer and Cycle: The Role of Symbolism and Rituals in the Russian Revolution." by Christopher Wharton.  This article appears in Myriad, an undergraduate Journal from Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah. http://www.westminstercollege.edu/myriad/index.cfm?parent=2514&detail=4475&content=4797
 
 
Biography in Context
 
From the Gale database, Biography in Context contains a selection of biographies from different sources, as well as newpaper and journal articles.  This is a great place to start when you need quick facts about the individual you are researching: http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/?p=BIC1&u=45ross

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