Student Support Materials for History - Edexcel AS Unit 1 Option D4: Stalin's Russia, 1924-53

by Angela Leonard (Series Editor), Ben Gregory (Author), KerryKillin (Author)

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  Enable students to succeed in their exam with Stalin's Russia 1924-53. This study aid contains all the key information that students need for Edexcel History AS Unit 1 Option D4, clearly laid out with Examiners' and Essential notes. Also included are graded essays with full comments from experienced examiners on how to secure a higher grade.

  Stalin's Russia, 1924-53 covers all the content and skills your students will need for their Edexcel AS Unit 1 Option D4 examination, including:

  * Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION: RUSSIA IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY
  Including - Russia at the beginning of the 20th Century

  * Chapter 2: THE STRUGGLE FOR POWER
  Including - Stalin and Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev, Bukharin; world revolution vs. socialism in one country; the industrialisation debate; the power struggle

  * Chapter 3: TRANSFORMING THE SOVIET UNION
  Including - Collectivisation; the Five Year Plans; industrialisation; changing role of women, the family and domestic life, education

  * Chapter 4: PERSECUTION AND CONTROL
  Including - Causes and impact of the Terror; the purges; control of culture; cult of personality

  * Chapter 5: THE MAKING OF A SUPERPOWER
  Including - Preparation for war; the course of the war; impact of the war; the reasons for Russian victory; the emergence of the Soviet Union as a superpower

  * Chapter 6: EXAM SKILLS

  * Chapter 7: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

  * Index