Chapter 2. The Russian Revolution. Activities 1. Imagine that you are a striking worker in 1905 who is being tried in court for your act of robollion. Draft the spoech you would make in your defense, Act out your speech for your class. 2. Write the headline and a short news item about the uprising of 24 October 1917 for each of the following newspapero >> A Conservative paper in France pa Radical newspaper in Britain a Bolshevik newspaper in Russia 3. Imagine that you are a middle-level wheat farmer in Russia after collectivisation. You have decided to write a letter to Stalin explaining your objections to collectivisation. What would you write about the conditions of your life? What do you think would be Stalin's response to such a farmer? Questions India and the Contemary World 1. What were the social, economic and political conditions in Russia before 1905? 2. In what ways was the working population in Russia differ...