2.  Background to the Russian revolution(s)
 Year?
 Months?
 Key concepts:
 Communism?
 Bolsheviks?
 Vladimir Lenin?

3.  What happened after Lenin died?
 How did Stalin rise to power?

4.  Lenin fell very sick…
 Everyone started fighting to become his successor

5. Instructions
6 volunteers
Everyone else in class to join one of the 6 groups
Objective
Be the group with the most people at the end

6. Rules
 1 minute to negotiate, make alliances, betray, etc.
 Group chooses one group to ‘kill’
 Group with the most ‘kill’ votes is destroyed
 ‘Dead’ members can join any group
 In the event of a tie,
the group for more people dies first
NOTE: Game can end at any time!
(i.e. group with the most people will automatically win)

8.  How did you choose who to kill?
 How did you make alliances?
 How did you feel when you were betrayed?

10.  What happened after Lenin died?
 How did Stalin rise to power?

11.  Trotsky’s unpopularity in the Politburo
 Seen as too popular among the people (think about our
game!)
 The other leaders hated him 
 Non-disclosure of Lenin’s Testament
 Nobody knew that Lenin didn’t like Stalin
 Stalin’s manipulations
 Pretended to be close to Lenin
 Control over Party organisation (see Part 2)
 Exploitation of ideological divisions (see Part 3)