Russia and Ukraine

Your Guide presents an introduction to the events of 1917.

Your Guide explains both the long and short term causes of the Russian Revolution of 1917.

A profile of Mikhail Gorbachev, last leader of the USSR.

Your Guide examines the Russian Civil War of 1918 - 22.

Your Guide explains the answer to this common question.

Your Guide examines the Oprichnina of Ivan IV. This organisation (and period) is frequently portrayed as some sort of hell, a time of mass torture and death overseen by sinister black-robed monks who fanatically obeyed their insane Tsar. The reality is slightly different.

An explanation of Perestroika, a policy of the late 1980s.

An explanation of Glasnost, a key policy in the end of Russian communism.

An explanation of Soviet New Economic Policy

An account of the execution of Nicholas II and the Romanov royal family.

These detailed and explanatory timelines take a long view of the Russian Revolutions, tracing events from 1861 until 1918. The 'near' revolution of 1905 is also covered in depth.

An explanation of Soviet War Communism.

An important centre for science, art and industry, this great city was the Russian capital for over two hundred years, gaining the nickname 'The Venice of the North'. However, at the start of the eighteenth century, St. Petersburg did not exist. Your Guide examines the city’s creation.

Made with tons of carved amber and called 'the eighth wonder of the world', the Amber Room was a baroque masterpiece...now it's the centre of a modern mystery.

This page indexes onsite bibliographic information about Russia and Ukrainian history.

This series of mini-biographies covers every Czar between 1613 and 1917; oddly, the site seems to think that only the Romanov’s were Czars. While the content is useful - each biography includes genealogical detail, an account of their life and achievements, and a picture (hence ‘face-to-face’) – the organisation is poor. There is no alphabetical index, only a sub-division by century.

Divided into six sections, this solid history of Russia is chatty and easy to read, conveying both important information and enthusiasm. This link takes you to the introduction, which I feel is worth reading; navigate via the side-bar on the left.

They started as part of the same party, but their split affected Russian history.

Your Guide explains who the Populists were.

Your Guide explains the origins, life and fall of the Social Revolutionaries.

Who were the Kadets?

The Duma was a short lived, semi-representative body in Russia.

The Union of the Russian People was a forerunner of the more famous fascist groups of the mid twentieth century.