Russian and Soviet History

Russia before the First World War

Opposition to Tsarist Rule

The impact of the First World War

1917: the fall of the Tsar

The Bolshevik Revolution

The role of Lenin

The role of Trotsky

Bolshevik rule 1918 - 1924

The Russian Civil War

The New Economic Policy

Lenin's legacy

The development of communist rule

The impact of Communism on the people

The failure of reform and the decline of the Communist state

The nature of Stalin's dictatorship

Changes in industry and agriculture under Stalin

The changing role of women in the USSR

De-Stalinisation

Khruschev's reforms

The Decline of the Soviet Union

The fall of the Communist state

The role of Gorbachev

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A4 – The Rise and Fall of the Communist State: The Soviet Union, 1928–91

Through the content specified below, candidates should develop an overview of the following:
• the development of Communist rule
• the impact of Communist rule upon the peoples of the Soviet Union
• the failure of reform and the decline of the Communist state.

Specified content

• The nature of Stalin’s dictatorship.
• Changes in industry and agriculture and their impact: the changing role of women.
• De-Stalinisation.
• Khrushchev’s attempts at modernisation.
• The decline and fall of the Communist state: the role of Gorbachev.

B1 – The Russian Revolution, c1910–24

This study will focus on: the impact of the war on Tsarist Russia; the events of 1917; the impact
of Bolshevik rule.

Introduction

• Russia before the First World War: politics, society and the economy.
• Opposition to Tsarist rule: Liberals, Socialists and Socialist Revolutionaries.
• Impact of the First World War on Russian government and society.
• 1917: reasons for the fall of the Tsar and the collapse of the Provisional Government.
• The nature of the Bolshevik takeover; the roles of Lenin and Trotsky.
• Bolshevik rule and its impact, 1918–24: the Civil War. (New Economic Policy)

Review - Lenin's legacy

Exam Section:

Opposition to the Tsar before 1914 - Practice paper