HISTORICAL CARTOONS The Russian Revolutions Pre-released version 2000

Invasion This cartoon was published in a radical Russian magazine Zhupel in 1905, when the Czar suppressed the 1905 Revolution. This showed the anti- Czar sentiment at that time.

Our Constitution - Please don’t blow! This cartoon was published in a Russian magazine in the second half of the 1900’s.

His Internal Troubles This cartoon was published in a British magazine in 1905, shortly after the outbreak of the 1905 Revolution. The Big man: “How can a fellow fight, troubled internally as I am? For goodness sake, give me some of your peace pills!/ The small man: ‘Not so fast my friend, these pills are worth one hundred million guineas a box, and you must pay, pay, pay!”

This cartoon was published in Punch on 9, February, 1895, when Nicholas II became the new Czar. Here is the sword of my father! -Nicholas II

The Russian Ruling House This cartoon was published in 1915, reflecting the great influence of Rasputin on the Czar and the Czarina.

This cartoon was drawn by the British cartoonist and was published in Punch on 1, February It showed the sympathetic attitude of the cartoonist towards the revolutionaries. The Czar of all the Russians

This cartoon was published in Punch in Shade of King Louis the Sixteenth (to the Czar): “Side with your people, Sire, while there is yet time. I was too late.” The Eleventh Hour

This cartoon was published in a Russian magazine in on 22, March 1917 (Russian calendar) (In European calendar, the date should be one before the February Revolution.) At Last

Prepared by Hong Kong Association of History Educators October 2000  More will be forthcoming on the coming IT resources CD or our web site.  Teaching resources, such as AL teaching notes, worksheets, sample data-based questions and web resources, are available on our web site.