"The Deepening of the Russian Revolution, 1917"

The Deepening of the Russian Revolution, 1917" to showcase both primary and secondary sites associated with the February and October Revolutions:
http://web.mit.edu/russia1917/


Self-description: "This project aims to tap into the extraordinary wealth of primary sources now available in print and on the Internet. Our hope is to show viewers some of the immense complexity of actors and issues being mobilized over this eight-month period from February to October 1917. By creating an innovative digital timeline, we hope to showcase three kinds of sources: primary sources from the time, secondary analyses written by historians, and student papers commenting on one or more themes that they have gleaned from reading primary sources. Viewers have an opportunity to read this site across time (what historians call diachronically) or across social groups (historians call this a synchronic reading). This kind of interconnection among sources is one we hope will serve as a model for other pedagogical innovations in the new field of Digital Humanities."



Source:
Elizabeth Wood
Professor, Russian and Soviet History, M.I.T.