Russia under Tsarism and Communism 1881-1953 Second Edition

Terry Fiehn is a former advisory teacher in London. He has been a consultant on SHP`s GCSE books for the past two decades. Chris Corin was formerly Head of History at Worthing Sixth Form College and is an experienced assistant examiner with a major awarding body.

: SECTION 1: WHY DID THE TSARIST REGIME COLLAPSE IN 1917?
1.: What were the challenges facing the tsarist regime at the end of the nineteenth century?
2.: 1905
3.: Could Tsarism have survived? 1906–1917
: SECTION 2: WHY WERE THE BOLSHEVIKS SUCCESSFUL IN OCTOBER 1917?
4.: Was the Provisional Government doomed from the beginning?
5.: Was the Bolshevik seizure of power in October 1917 inevitable?
: SECTION 3: THE CONSOLIDATION OF THE BOLSHEVIK STATE 1917–24
6.: How did the Bolsheviks survive the first few months in power?
7.: How did the Bolsheviks win the Civil War?
8.: How was the Bolshevik state consolidated between 1921 and 1924?
: SECTION 4: FROM LENIN TO STALIN
9.: How significant is Lenin’s contribution to history?
10.: How did Stalin emerge as the sole leader of Russia?
: SECTION 5: HOW DID STALIN TRANSFORM THE ECONOMY OF THE USSR IN THE 1930S?
11.: Why did Stalin make the Great Turn?
12.: Was collectivisation a success?
13.: How well planned were the Five-Year Plans?
: SECTION 6: HOW DID STALIN CONTROL THE USSR?
14.: How far was Stalin responsible for the Great Terror?
15.: The cult of the personality
: SECTION 7: SOVIET SOCIETY IN THE 1920S AND 1930S
16.: Were Soviet culture and society transformed by the October Revolution?
17.: Culture and society in a decade of turmoil
: SECTION 8: FROM PARIAH TO SAVIOUR: THE SOVIET UNION AND EUROPE 1921–1945
18.: Alone in a hostile world: how did Soviet foreign policy develop between 1921 and 1941?
19.: How was the Soviet Union able to turn disaster into victory in the Great Patriotic War?
: SECTION 9: STALIN'S FINAL YEARS AND CONCLUSION
20.: Stalin’s final years 1945–53
21.: Conclusion