Topic Russia 1914-41

The nature of Tsarist rule:

Define autocracy
The nature of Russian society
1905 impact of revolution on the Tsar
Describe how Russia felt about Tsar at start of reign and at end
Russia in 1917:
Defeat in World War One specific examples and dates
Army poorly equipped - specific examples
Russian economy struggling to feed war effort
Reasons for weakness of Duma
The weaknesses of Nicholas II:
As a personality
As a leader in the war effort after 1915
Empathy for the Russian people
The effects of leaving the Tsarina in charge
The influence of Rasputin
Discontent among , peasants and town workers
The growth of opposition
Events in Petrograd in Jan/Feb 1917
International Womens day
The growth of opposition to the Tsar:
Three key party names
The aims of these parties
The techniques they used to achieve their aims
Main strengths and weaknesses of these parties
The impact of the First World War.
Military defeat - specific examples and dates
Food shortages
Inflation
Transport problems
Reactions to defeats by different sections of Russian society
The events in Petrograd in February 1917
Describe 3 key features of the events
The mutiny in the army and the Tsars absence and abdication:
Names of units of army that mutinied
Dates of key events

All

Most

Some

The weaknesses and failures of the Provisional Government:

Dates
Names of leaders
Causes of PG
Reasons for weaknesses
Examples of weaknesses
The Petrograd Soviet:
Dates
Names of leaders
Causes of Petrograd Soviet being set up
Reasons for strengths
Examples of strengths
Undermined the Provisional Government
Lenins return and activities and the growth in support for the Bolshevik Party and the
significance of the Kornilov Revolt:
April Theses
Role of the Red Army
The impact of Trotsky
Causes of the July Days
Events of the July Days
Effects of the July Days
The Kornilov Affair - causes
The Kornilov Affair event
The Kornilov Affair - effects
The Bolshevik seizure of power:
Dates
Specific movements of Red Army
Reasons for success
Examples of why they may have failed

The roles of Trotsky and Lenin:

Three examples of what each man did during the seizure of power
Imposing Bolshevik control involves the early Bolshevik decrees:
Describe how Soviets spread across Russia
Dates and titles of at least three decrees
What did each decree promise the people of Russia
The Constituent Assembly:
Why was it called/created?
What were the three key features including the results of the election and the effects

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk:
Key causes
Key terms agreed
Key effects
The reasons for, events and effects of the Civil War:
Dates
Three causes
Three key features of the event specific names of generals and battles
Three effects of the Civil War
Reasons for Bolshevik victory:
Three strengths of the Red Army
Three weaknesses of the Whites
Creating a new society includes War Communism, the Kronstadt Mutiny:
Causes of War Communism
Key features of how War Communism worked give specifics
Effects of War Communism (can include Kronstadt Mutiny)
Three key features of the Kronstadt Mutiny specific names, dates and places, effects
New Economic Policy:
Causes of the NEP
SPECIFIC examples of how the NEP was different from War Communism
Effects of the NEP
The struggle for power 192428 includes Stalins strengths and the weaknesses and
mistakes of his rivals:
Five key things Stalin did to make sure he got into power
Key weaknesses and mistakes of rivals give specific examples and names and dates
The purges of the 1930s related to the use of terror:
Give three key features of each stage of the Purges
Give three effects of the Purges
Specific numbers/statistics and dates
Show trials and secret police:
What caused them
Names and dates of people/organisations involved
Key effects of Show Trials
Censorship:
Define censorship as a concept

Key features of how it was used under Stalin

Effects of Censorship under Stalin
Propaganda under Stalin:
Cult of Personality - specific examples
Use of education - specific examples
Use of ethnic minorities - specific examples
Official culture and control of education:
Effects on families
Effects on education (e.g. accessibility to education)
1936 Constitution:
Causes
Key features what did it say?
Key effects in Russia and internationally
Collectivisation:
Stalins reasons for change in agriculture specific targets
the organisation of collectives specific Russian names of types of collectivised farms
mechanisation of farming specific examples
Opposition to Collectivisation:
Scale of opposition
The liquidisation of the Kulaks
Successes and failures of Collectivisation dates and specific examples
Industrialisation:
Reasons for Stalin wanting rapid industrialisation
Gosplan
Five-Year Plans specific dates
the Stakhanovites
At least three specific examples of successes of Industrialisation
At least three specific examples of failuress of Industrialisation
Overall effects of Industrialisation
Life in the Soviet Union involves living and working conditions:
Specific examples of living conditions
Reasons for people to be happy
Reasons for people to be anxious
The differing experiences of social groups:
Ethnic minorities
Changing role of women

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