Russia:
July, 1914
Task
1:
Read
you biography and write a brief summary of your character's life
up until 1914.
Task
2:
It is August, 1914. Read about Russia in
1914 and the outbreak of the First
World War. Write a brief speech about whether the Russian government
should join the war against the Central Powers.
Task
3:
You meet in your group. Groups A and B meet in Russia and Groups
C and D meet in exile in Switzerland. In your group discuss whether
the Russian government should join the war against the Central Powers.
You should also try to decide what action the group take in order
to achieve its objectives.
Group
A: Nicholas
II and the Autocracy
Men
Nicholas
II
Alexander
Sazonov
Ivan
Goremykin
Nikolai
Maklakov
Peter
Wrangel
Anton
Denikin
Alexander
Kolchak
Lavr
Kornilov
Nikolai
Yudenich
Felix
Yusupov
Sergei
Zubatov
Women
Alexandra
Romanov
Irina
Yusupov
Group
B: Liberals
and Moderate Socialists
Men
Alexander
Kerensky
Alexander
Protopopov
Alexander
Guchkov
Paul
Milyukov
Michael
Rodzianko
Peter
Struve
Women
Maria
Bochkareva
Anna
Shabanova
Ariadna
Tyrkova
Group
C: Mensheviks
and Socialist Revolutionaries
Vladimir
Antonov-Ovseenko
Victor
Chernov
Julius
Martov
Fedor
Dan
Leon
Trotsky
Irakli
Tsereteli
Nikolai
Sukhanov
Women
Alexandra
Kollontai
Catherine
Breshkovskaya
Maria
Spirdonova
Vera
Zasulich
Vera
Figner
Elizabeth
Kovalskaia
Praskovia
Ivanovskia
Olga
Liubatovich
Group
D:
Bolsheviks
Men
Vladimir
Lenin
Nickolai
Bukharin
Alexander
Shlyapnikov
Mikhail
Frunze
Lev
Kamenev
Gregory
Zinoviev
Women
Inessa
Armand
Nadezhda
Krupskaya
Elena
Stasova
Rosa
Luxemburg
Louise
Bryant
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