How far do you agree that economic hardship was the cause for the 1917 revolution?

Economic Hardship – faced by the peasants (land reforms) and the urban workers

Political factor – Kornilov coup / failure to carry out reforms/ decision to carry out war

Bolshevik factor – leaders / propaganda / strategy

For each point, you must link the points to the question

Was the Kornilov Coup the main factor behind the success of the October 1917 revolution?

Kornilov Coup – in detail – Right from the July Days

Economic Factor – Peasants’ woes / Urban workers dissatisfaction

Bolsheviks For each point, you must link the points to the

question

How far do you agree that Lenin played a major role in the success of the Bolshevik revolution?

Lenin’s role as a leader – strategy / use of propaganda / inspirational leader

Trotsky’s role – inspirational leaderPolitical FactorEconomic FactorFor each point, you must link the points to the

question

Was political problem the main reason for the civil war?Bolsheviks’ strategy in getting rid of all opposition –

outcomeAllied Opposition – Brest-Litovsk treaty and the outcomeSocial problems – food requisitioning, breakdown of law

and order and collapse of the old Russian empireFor each point, you must link the points to the question

The civil war erupted because the Allies were against the Bolsheviks. To what extent do you agree with this statement?

Brest-Litovsk treaty and outcomeOpposition who were got rid ofSocial FactorsFor each point, you must link the points to the

question

How far do you agree that the Bolsheviks won the civil war because of propaganda?

Propaganda – explain how it was used to recruit members in the Red Army and inspire – that it was a patriotic war

Red Army – strength (forced conscription in March 1918 ) / equipped / discipline

Trotsky – inspirational and tactical leaderFor each point, you must link the points to the question

Were the weaknesses of the White Army the factor behind the success of the Red Army?

Weakness of the White Army – relied on Allies / Lack of commitment / Lack of unity

Red Army was a better armyTrotsky For each point, you must link the points to the

question

Was economic problem the only issue the Bolsheviks had to resolve when they ascended to power?

Economic problem – peasants / urban workersPolitical Minority Dissatisfaction with warFor each point, you must link the points to the

question

Did the Bolsheviks consolidate their power on Russia by getting rid of political rivalry?

Political Rivalry – opposition Economic Problem War For each point, you must link the points to the

question

The Bolsheviks consolidated their power by pulling out from the war. To what extent do you agree?

Study Source D. How reliable is Source D as evidence about the child’s view of Stalin? Explain your answer.

L4 Cross reference to other sources or specific contextual knowledge to confirm And / OR challenge what the source says.(4)

I can believe this Source as it portrays a loving image of Stalin. This can be seen from the sentence “Stalin! Thou art dearer to us than anything in the world.” This seems to tell us that the Russians loved Stalin. From my contextual knowledge Stalin created a cult around him. The people around him loved him and saw him as a god. When people started worshiping Stalin as a god, he was given ultimate power. Through the cult of personality Stalin was able to set up his personal dictatorship and run unopposed and unquestioned

• No this source is unreliable as it only portrays a loving image of Stalin. This can be seen from the sentence “Stalin! Thou art dearer to us than anything in the world.” This seems to tell us that the Russians loved Stalin. From my contextual knowledge we know that this is not completely true as Stalin conducted purges to weed out people who disagreed with Stalin, especially those in the Communist Party who might lead opposition to demand for reform. Many of those purged were arrested for ‘crimes’ and executed or sent to work in labour camps in isolated parts of the USSR like Siberia .

• L5 - L4 with Evaluation of source content using provenance / purpose / audience etc. (5-6)

• I cannot believe this source completely as it tends to portray a false image of Stalin, one who was loving. Its purpose was to gain support for Stalin’s rule and thus tend to give a biased account of Stalin’s regime, giving only the children’s point of view.

• L6 - L4 and L5, that is, Cross reference to other sources or specific contextual knowledge to confirm And / OR challenge what the source says + Evaluation of source content using provenance / purpose / audience etc. (6-7)

Study Source E. How useful is Source E as evidence about Stalin’s agricultural policy? Explain your answer.

• L4Useful based on source content that draws conclusions about the aims of Stalin agricultural policy. (3-4)

• e.g. This source is very useful. It tells me that’ “Can we advance our socialized industry at an accelerated rate as long as we have an agricultural base incapable of expanded reproduction? No, we cannot.” From this I can conclude that Stalin wanted to modernize the economy of the Soviet Union as he wanted to have an advanced economy capable of producing large amount of resources.

L5 draws conclusion on source content and limitations (4-5)

• L6 As L5 + a consideration of the reliability of the source (6-7)• This source is very useful. It tells me that’ “Can we advance our

socialized industry at an accelerated rate as long as we ave an agricultural base incapable of expanded reproduction? No, we cannot. From this I can conclude that Stalin wanted to modernize the economy of the Soviet Union as he wanted to have an advanced economy capable of producing large amount of resources. This source is reliable as it was a speech by Stalin himself in 1929 as leader of the Soviet Union and Stalin did want his economy to progress. That was one of the reasons why he introduced the Five Year Plans and Collectivization.

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