1. LO: To explore the events and Impact of the February Revolution
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this lesson you will be able to…
Describe the February Revolution E-D
Explain the provisional government C-B
Judge how far it was reforming A-A*

2. LO: To explore the events and Impact of the February Revolution
Describe the February Revolution E-D
Explain the provisional government C-B
Judge how far it was reforming A-A*
Nicholas
Zemstvo
Autocracy
Alexander
Task: Once
you have
Written
Your
title and
date…
Witte
Nicholas
Pobedonetsev
Duma
Can you
Find the
Connections?
Orthodoxy
Vyshnegradsky
Mir
Nationality
Alexander
Russification
Duma
Stolypin

3. LO: To explore the events and Impact of the February Revolution
Describe the February Revolution E-D
Explain the provisional government C-B
Judge how far it was reforming A-A*
Mir
Zemstvo
Duma
Duma
Nicholas
Alexander
Alexander
Nicholas
Lets solve
The wall!
Vyshnegradsky
Pobedenetsov
Witte
Stolypin
Orthodoxy
Nationality
Autocracy
Russification

4. 1905 LO: To explore the events and Impact of the February Revolution
Describe the February Revolution E-D
Explain the provisional government C-B
Judge how far it was reforming A-A*
1905
January – Bloody Sunday,
Police and army open fire
On crowd led by Father Gapon,
Travelling to Winter Palace to
Petition the Tsar.
October – Wave of strikes
Only ended after Tsar
Promises a written constitution,
The “October Manifesto”.

5. 1911-14 LO: To explore the events and
Impact of the February Revolution
Describe the February Revolution E-D
Explain the provisional government C-B
Judge how far it was reforming A-A*
- A growing number of strikes and
Worker unrest.
- Many unhappy that government
Has gone back on plans for a Duma
In 1906.
- However war breaks out, with the
Tsar appealing for unity against
Germany.

6. Feb. 1917 LO: To explore the events and
Impact of the February Revolution
Describe the February Revolution E-D
Explain the provisional government C-B
Judge how far it was reforming A-A*
Feb. 1917
Anti-war demonstrations are
Sweeping Petrograd. Troops
Are ordered to open fire,
However they mutiny instead.
As revolutions spread, the
Tsar abdicates and his brother
Michael's accession is deferred.
A Provisional Government is
Set up led by Milyukov

7. July 1917 LO: To explore the events and
Impact of the February Revolution
Describe the February Revolution E-D
Explain the provisional government C-B
Judge how far it was reforming A-A*
July 1917
The July Days, workers in
Petrograd demand more power
to the Soviets.
Trotsky is arrested and Lenin
Goes into hiding.
A new government is set up
Under Alexander Kerensky.

8. Oct. 1917 LO: To explore the events and
Impact of the February Revolution
Describe the February Revolution E-D
Explain the provisional government C-B
Judge how far it was reforming A-A*
Oct. 1917
Bolsheviks win control of
The Petrograd Soviet.
Peasant seizures of land
Grow in the countryside. Many
Gentry leaving the areas.
Provisional Government
Overthrown leading to the
Outbreak of civil war.

10. LO: To explore the events and Impact of the February Revolution
Describe the February Revolution E-D
Explain the provisional government C-B
Judge how far it was reforming A-A*
Provisional government
First controlled by liberal parties (Cadets and Octobrists) but later by Social revolutionaries and Mensheviks under the leadership of Kerensky.
Saw itself as a caretaker government and did not propose any dramatic changes
Showed strength during the July days but discredited after the Kornilov affair
Petrograd soviet
Assembly of workers and soldiers under influence of SR and Mensheviks in the beginning but later Bolsheviks take control.
Lenin’s April thesis gathers support to the Bolsheviks and Lenin sets the course on a second revolution.
The Kornilov affair convinces Lenin that Bolsheviks should try to seize power

11. LO: To explore the events and Impact of the February Revolution
Describe the February Revolution E-D
Explain the provisional government C-B
Judge how far it was reforming A-A*
Government
Mar-Nov 1917 “Dual
Government”
Had to share power with
Petrograd Soviet
- Abolished the Okhrana.
Tried to continue the
War.
Set up death squads to
Hunt and kill deserters.
Faced Kornilov coup
Aug 1917.
Unelected and members
Dated from 1912.
Political Prisoners (Trotsky)
Released.
Kept promising a constituent
Assembly.
Recognises Poland’s right to
Independence. Finland and Ukraine.
Capital punishment abolished.
Kerensky offensive June
1917 a failure.
- July Days finish the Bolsheviks…?
Society
Shortages of food and fuel
In Petrograd.
Newspapers, books and
Pamphlets back in circulation.
8 point programme restored
Freedoms including right to
Strike and civil/religious freedoms.
Bolsheviks calling for “Peace,
Land and Bread”
- Recognition of Trade Unions.
Alexander Kerensky
A “Democratic
Windbag”?
Economy
Peasants start to seize land from nobles.
Over 1000 illegal attacks on land in July 1917
Inflation shot up with wages unable to keep
Pace.
Government granted an 8 hour day in an attempt
To restore discipline.

12. LO: To explore the events and Impact of the February Revolution
Describe the February Revolution E-D
Explain the provisional government C-B
Judge how far it was reforming A-A*
Bronze: Create your own timeline of the events of 1917 using the information On the power point and sheet.
Silver: Answer the questions on the provisional government and its strengths and weaknesses using the sheet provided.
Gold: Can the Provisional Government be held responsible
For its own downfall?

13. LO: To explore the events and Impact of the February Revolution
Describe the February Revolution E-D
Explain the provisional government C-B
Judge how far it was reforming A-A*

14. LO: To explore the events and Impact of the February Revolution
Describe the February Revolution E-D
Explain the provisional government C-B
Judge how far it was reforming A-A*