Slide 1Discontent and Opposition to the Tsar Slide 2 The nature of Russian society in 1914 Russia is a vast country stretching from the Eastern European plain, across the…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Animal Farm is an allegory Allegory: A story in which the characters, places and events mean something else, often a real life event. Allegories make…

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Slide 1Russia Controlled Assessment How did the First World War weaken the Tsar’s government? L.O. To be able to explain the impact of WW1 on the Russian people and to…

Slide 1 Slide 2 The Russian Civil War: Whites v Reds Lenin’s decision not to hold elections for a new Russian Parliament sparked off a civil war which was to last 3 years.…

Slide 1 Treatment of the peasants 1.Why is it important to study the history of the peasants? 2.Why was there some desire not to emancipate the serfs? 3.Why was the 1891…

Slide 1 Russia in the 19 th Century Alexander I Nicholas I Alexander II & III Nicholas II Slide 2 Russia in the 19th Century Russian society remained semi-feudal and…

Slide 1 Louis XIV vs. Peter “the Great” Who best exemplifies the ideal 17 th c. European absolute monarch? Slide 2 VITAL STATS Slide 3 King Louis XIV (1643-1715) Nickname:…

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