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Edexcel GCSE (9-1) History Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917Ð1941 Student Book
(2017)
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Book Details
Abstract
Exam Board: Edexcel
Level: GCSE
Subject: History
First teaching: September 2016
First exams: Summer 2018
Series Editor: Angela Leonard
This Student Book:
- covers the essential content in the new specification in an engaging way, using detailed narrative, sources, timelines, key words, helpful activities and extension material
- uses the 'Thinking Historically' approach and activities to help develop conceptual understanding of areas such as evidence, interpretations, causation and change, through targeted activities
- has 'Writing Historically' features that focus on the writing skills most important to historical success. This literacy support uses the proven Grammar for Writing approach used in many English departments
- includes lots of exam guidance, with practice questions, sources, sample answers and tips to support preparation for GCSE assessments.
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Table of Contents
| Section Title | Page | Action | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cover | Cover | ||
| Contents | 3 | ||
| Timeline | 6 | ||
| Chapter 1: The revolutions of 1917 | 8 | ||
| 1.1: Russia in early 1917 | 9 | ||
| Threats to the tsarist government | 9 | ||
| The impacts of the First World War on Russia | 13 | ||
| 1.2: The February Revolution | 17 | ||
| Triggers for revolt | 17 | ||
| Short-term causes of revolution in Petrograd in February 1917 | 17 | ||
| Mutiny in the army | 19 | ||
| The duma acts and confronts the tsar | 20 | ||
| Military commanders withdraw support for the tsar | 21 | ||
| The role of the revolutionary parties in the February Revolution | 21 | ||
| 1.3: The Provisional Government | 23 | ||
| What was the Provisional Government? | 23 | ||
| The weaknesses and failures of the Provisional Government | 24 | ||
| The Kornilov Revolt | 27 | ||
| 1.4: The Bolshevik Revolution | 31 | ||
| The Bolsheviks and Lenin | 31 | ||
| The build-up to revolution | 34 | ||
| Recap page | 39 | ||
| Writing Historically | 40 | ||
| Chapter 2: The Bolsheviks in power, 1917-24 | 42 | ||
| 2.1: Early consolidation of power, 1917-18 | 43 | ||
| The early Bolshevik decrees of November-December 1917 | 43 | ||
| Dealing with political opponents | 45 | ||
| Taking Russia out of the First World War: the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk | 48 | ||
| 2.2: The Civil War, 1918-21 | 51 | ||
| Who fought in the Civil War? | 51 | ||
| Why was there Civil War in Russia? | 52 | ||
| Key events of the Civil War | 53 | ||
| Effects of the Civil War | 57 | ||
| 2.3: Moves towards totalitarianism | 58 | ||
| Bolshevism and dictatorship | 58 | ||
| The Kronstadt Mutiny | 60 | ||
| Centralising Bolshevik power | 61 | ||
| 2.4: Economic and social change, 1918-24 | 64 | ||
| Nationalisation and ‘State Capitalism’, 1917-18 | 64 | ||
| War Communism, 1918-21 | 64 | ||
| The crisis of 1921: from War Communism to the NEP | 66 | ||
| The New Economic Policy (NEP) | 67 | ||
| Dealing with the crisis of 1921: the 10th Party Congress | 69 | ||
| The communists and social change | 70 | ||
| Recap page | 75 | ||
| Chapter 3: Stalin’s rise to power and dictatorship, 1924-41 | 76 | ||
| 3.1: The struggle for power, 1924-29 | 77 | ||
| Replacing Lenin: complications | 77 | ||
| The rivals for power | 78 | ||
| Stalin eliminates the opposition: the power struggle | 80 | ||
| 3.2: The use of terror in the 1930s | 84 | ||
| Purges and the use of terror in the Soviet Union | 84 | ||
| 3.3: Propaganda and censorship | 94 | ||
| The link between ‘terror’ and the control of information | 94 | ||
| The new Soviet Constitution of 1936 | 98 | ||
| 3.4: The cult of Stalin | 101 | ||
| The cult of the wise and kind leader in Russia… and the blame game | 101 | ||
| Recap page | 107 | ||
| Writing Historically | 108 | ||
| Chapter 4: Economic and social changes, 1924-41 | 110 | ||
| 4.1: Agriculture and collectivisation | 111 | ||
| Stalin’s reasons for changing agriculture | 111 | ||
| Stalin’s solution: collectivisation | 113 | ||
| 4.2: Changes in industry | 120 | ||
| Stalin’s motives for rapid industrialisation | 120 | ||
| An industrial war: ‘There is no fortress that a communist cannot storm...’ | 121 | ||
| 4.3: Life in the Soviet Union in the 1930s | 128 | ||
| Living and working conditions for workers in the towns | 128 | ||
| Living and working conditions for peasants in the countryside | 129 | ||
| Living conditions for party officials and members of government | 130 | ||
| Inequalities between men and women | 131 | ||
| 4.4: The position of women and ethnic minorities | 133 | ||
| Women in the Soviet Union | 133 | ||
| Ethnic minorities in the Soviet Union | 138 | ||
| Recap page | 141 | ||
| Explaining why historians’ interpretations differ | 142 | ||
| Historians focus on different things | 142 | ||
| Historians reach different conclusions from the evidence | 143 | ||
| Preparing for your exams | 144 | ||
| Answers | 155 | ||
| Index | 156 |