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' & 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 & 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 & 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 & domestic life education * Chapter 4: PERSECUTION & CONTROL Including
- Causes & 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 & ANSWERS * Index