Changing Leadership and Society in Russia c.1881-1989

What Changing Leadership and Society in Russia c.1881-1989 covers

Changing Leadership and Society in Russia c.1881-1989 is examined in Unit 3, the breadth study — one of ten options, of which a student takes one. It covers Alexander III and political reaction, opposition to Tsarism before 1914, the 1905 Revolution and the Duma, 1917: from February to October, consolidating the Bolshevik revolution to 1924, Stalin's rise and the nature of Soviet government, the planned economy: collectivisation and the Five Year Plans, Russia and its people before 1914, Khrushchev, de-Stalinisation and reform, Brezhnev, Andropov and stagnation, Gorbachev, glasnost and perestroika and change and continuity in Russia 1881 to 1989.

The 12 subtopics

Each one has its own page.

• Alexander III and political reactionRecall questions on the emergency powers taken after 1881, the officials placed over the peasantry, the restriction of local councils and universities, the policy imposed on the empire's minorities, and the secret police.Open →
• Opposition to Tsarism before 1914One prominent victim of Social Revolutionary terrorism and union of Liberation.Open →
• The 1905 Revolution and the DumaRecall questions on the shooting outside the Winter Palace, the forms the unrest took, the concession of October and why it worked, the laws issued before the assembly met, and the change to the franchise in 1907.Open →
• 1917: from February to OctoberImmediate trigger of the February Revolution, dual power and april Theses.Open →
• Consolidating the Bolshevik revolution to 1924War Communism, kronstadt rising and new Economic Policy.Open →
• Stalin's rise and the nature of Soviet governmentLenin's Testament, stalin's chief rival and socialism in one country.Open →
• The planned economy: collectivisation and the Five Year PlansRecall questions on why the earlier retreat was abandoned, the forcing of peasants into collective farms, the class denounced and destroyed, the famine that followed, and what the plans built and at what cost.Open →
• Russia and its people before 1914Recall questions on the emancipation and the dues that followed it, the commune and how it held back farming, state-driven industrial growth and the minister behind it, and conditions in the new factory towns.Open →
• Khrushchev, de-Stalinisation and reformSecret Speech, khrushchev's Virgin Lands campaign and decentralisation under Khrushchev.Open →
• Brezhnev, Andropov and stagnationEra of stagnation, trust in cadres policy and second economy.Open →
• Gorbachev, glasnost and perestroikaRecall questions on openness and restructuring and what each meant, the disaster that discredited secrecy, the economic measures that made shortages worse, the contested elections, and why eastern Europe was not defended.Open →
• Change and continuity in Russia 1881 to 1989Recall questions on what survived every change of regime, how the peasantry's position altered, the two periods of greatest loss of life, the role of war in political change, and whether reform from above ever worked.Open →

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Commonly confused

Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.

• Bolsheviks vs Mensheviks

  Bolsheviks: the wing of the Social Democrats that wanted a small disciplined body of professional revolutionaries, led by Lenin. Mensheviks: The wing of the Social Democrats that wanted a broad mass organisation open to all who supported it.

• Okhrana vs Cheka

  Okhrana: the tsarist secret police, which used surveillance, informers and infiltration against political opponents. Cheka: The secret police founded in December 1917, which conducted the Red Terror against real and suspected opponents on a vastly greater scale.

• Glasnost vs Perestroika

  Glasnost: openness: the relaxation of censorship and the admission of past and present failings to public discussion. Perestroika: Restructuring: the reform of the economic and political system to make it more efficient and accountable.

Questions from this topic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

1. 1

   How did Alexander III come to the throne, and in what year?

   Model answer

   In 1881, after his father Alexander II was assassinated by the People's Will.

2. 2

   What was the Statute of State Security of 1881?

   Model answer

   An emergency law allowing districts to be placed under special rule, with courts, press and public meetings subject to arbitrary official control.

3. 3

   Who was Konstantin Pobedonostsev?

   Model answer

   Alexander III's tutor and Procurator of the Holy Synod, the leading intellectual defender of autocracy, orthodoxy and nationality.

4. 4

   What were the Land Captains introduced in 1889?

   Model answer

   Officials appointed from the nobility with wide administrative and judicial powers over the peasantry, overriding elected local justice.

5. 5

   How did Alexander III restrict the zemstva?

   Model answer

   The 1890 statute reduced peasant representation and increased noble control, and gave provincial governors power over their decisions.

6. 6

   What was Russification?

   Model answer

   The policy of imposing Russian language, administration and Orthodox religion on the empire's non-Russian peoples.

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What does Changing Leadership and Society in Russia c.1881-1989 cover in WJEC A-Level History?

12 subtopics: alexander iii and political reaction, opposition to tsarism before 1914, the 1905 revolution and the duma, 1917: from february to october, consolidating the bolshevik revolution to 1924, stalin's rise and the nature of soviet government, the planned economy: collectivisation and the five year plans, russia and its people before 1914, khrushchev, de-stalinisation and reform, brezhnev, andropov and stagnation, gorbachev, glasnost and perestroika and change and continuity in russia 1881 to 1989. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.

How is Changing Leadership and Society in Russia c.1881-1989 organised?

By the WJEC 601-5817-7 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.