Scholars

Patricia Herlihy
Brown University
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Tom Gleason
Brown University
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Part I: The Beginning of the End: 1861 to 1905

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• What was Russia like in the early 1900s? [Patricia Herlihy - 1:53]
• How was Russian society divided? [Tom Gleason - 0:29]
• Who were the peasants? [Patricia Herlihy - 1:50]
• Who were the workers? [Patricia Herlihy - 1:02]
• Who were the nobles? [Patricia Herlihy - 1:34]
• How was Russia ruled under the tsars? [Tom Gleason - 0:43]
• What was tsar Nicholas II like as a ruler? [Patricia Herlihy - 1:05]
• What is Marxism? [Patricia Herlihy - 2:23]
• Why was Marx important in Russia? [Tom Gleason - 1:01]
• What is the bourgeoisie? [Patricia Herlihy - 0:24]
• What were the Bolsheviks and Mensheviks? [Patricia Herlihy - 1:30]
• What was the Socialist Revolutionary Party? [Patricia Herlihy - 1:39]
• What did the Liberals want? [Patricia Herlihy - 0:57]
• What group of people triggered the 1905 Revolution? [Tom Gleason - 1:54]

Part II: "We Can No Longer Live Like This" 1905-1917

• What were Petr Stolypin’s ideas? [Tom Gleason - 1:13]
• How did the ruling class see the future of Russia? [Tom Gleason - 0:51]
• Why was World War I a catastrophe? [Tom Gleason - 1:00]
• What triggered the 1917 Revolution? [Tom Gleason - 1:03]

Epilogue: Lenin and the Bolsheviks Take Power

• Why was Lenin a successful politician? [Patricia Herlihy - 1:37]
• Why was Lenin such an effective politician? [Tom Gleason - 1:04]
• Could democracy have succeeded in Russia in 1917? [Tom Gleason - 0:41]
• What was the legacy of the Russian Revolution? [Tom Gleason - 2:27]