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Great Britain, Hodder Education, 1996.
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| Description |
130pWhite Spine
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| Series |
Discovering the past for GCSE
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| Summary/Abstract |
Covers all the relevant requirements of the OCR, AQA and EDEXCEL specifications. Provides clear guidance on teaching the unit and preparing for assessment by both exam and coursework, together with support and extension worksheets.
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| Contents |
Section 1: Tsarist Russia : How well did the Tsar govern Russia?
Chapter 1: Was Russia well governed in 1900?
Why was Russia so difficult to govern?
What was life like in Russia in 1900?
How was Russia governed in 1900?
Was the Tsar fit to rule Russia?
Chapter 2: How did the Tsar survive the 1905 Revolution?
Who opposed the Tsar?
Why did Russia explode in revolution in 1905?
The 1905 Revolution
Chapter 3: The March 1917 Revolution
Did life get better for Russian people after 1905?
Rasputin: sex maniac or holy man?
Steps to revolution, 1914-17
Section 2: How did the Bolsheviks take over and how did they hold on to power?
Chapter 4: Why were the Bolsheviks able to seize power in November 1917?
Did the Provisional Government rule Russia well?
How did the Bolsheviks seize power?
Did Lenin make a difference?
Chapter 5: How did the Bolsheviks keep power after 1917?
How did the Bolsheviks stay in power?
How did the Communists win the Civil War?
How did the Communists use propoganda?
How important was the role of Trotsky?
What happened to the Tsar and his family?
War Communism
1921 - a year of crisis
How successful was the NEP?
Chapter 6: Did the Communist Revolution change Russia in the 1920s?
How did the Communists try to change Russia?
A Russian village in the 1920s
Was Lenin a great leader?
Section 3: Stalin's USSR: Was Stalin a disaster for the USSR?
Chapter 7: How did Stalin become leader of the USSR?
Where did Stalin come from?
Stalin or Trotsky?
Why did Stalin win?
Chapter 8: Were Stalin's economic policies a success or a failure?
Why did the Soviet Union need to change?
How did Stalin industrialise the USSR?
Case study: How was Magnitogorsk built?
Was industrialisation successful?
Why did Stalin introduce collectivisation?
How was collectivisation carried out?
How were the peasants affected by collectivisation?
Did collectivisation succeed?
Chapter 9: How did Stalin control the USSR?
The Great Purges
Who really killed Sergei Kirov?
How did the purges affect the Russian people?
What were the labour camps like?
How did Stalin control ideas?
The cult of personality
What was daily life like in the mid-1930s?
Chapter 10: Conclusion
Was Stalin a disaster for the Soviet Union>
Glossary
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| Standard Number |
9780719552557 Pb.
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