This is an introductory lesson on the Russian civil war and forms part of an equiry into how Lenin dealt with the problems he faced following the October Revolution. This lesson introduces the combatants of the civil war (the Whites, Reds and Greens), introduces the key leaders of the respective armies, introduces the geography of the civil war and helps establish a narrative through homework reading. Key individuals included and introduced are: Leon Trotsky, Nikolai Yudenich, Anton Denikin, Alexander Kolchak and Nestor Makhno.
Lesson requires two textbooks:
- ‘Communist Russia under Lenin and Stalin’ by Chris Corin and Terry Fiehn.
- ‘Russia, 1855-1991. From Tsars to Commissars’ by Peter Oxley.
Lesson recently updated in line with OCR exam board specification.
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