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RUSSIA
1856-1956: Scheme of work
Winter term:
1. Russia in 1856:
geography/climate/society/politics and government/history/culture
Key issues;
Why was Russia so difficult to rule?
What was Russia’s relationship with Europe?
Was Russia ‘unique’?
How did the Tsars rule Russia?
2. Russia in transition from 1856-1905:
Key issues:
What effect did the Crimean war and possible future wars have on Russia?
How was Russia modernising?
Was Russia becoming an urban society?
How far was Russia an industrial power?
How much was competition with France, Germany and Britain etc driving
change?
3. Russia in revolution from 1905-1917;
Key issues:
How were wars affecting internal order? Russo Japanese war 1904-5 and
First World War 1914-1917
What were the different opposition groups and how popular were they?
What was the relationship between the peasants and the proletariat?
How did the Tsar try and avoid revolution; was the Tsarist system doomed?
Spring term
4. Russia under the Bolsheviks; 1917-29
Key issues
How inevitable was a dictatorship under Lenin?
What effect did the Civil War have on Russia?
Was a totalitarian system the only effective solution to internal problems?
How did Stalin emerge as successor?
5. Russia under Stalin 1929-1953
Key issues
How did Stalin organise Russian society; why did he institute policies
of terror and totalitarianism?
What was the relationship between the Party and society?
How did the peasants and proletariat fare under Stalin?
What were the economic pressures he faced; how did he overcome them?
6. Khrushchev 1953-
Key issues
What happened in de-Stalinisation?
What effect did the change in government have on the idea of USSR Empire
and security?
Did the life for the general population improve?
Throughout the course we will be maintaining a focus on the effect of
Russian rule on its people and how they survived a century of dictatorship
Summer term
Overview; exam practise and warp up any loose ends
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