Edexcel A-level History: Paper 1 Option 1E — Russia, 1917–91: from Lenin to Yeltsin

What is included

What this course covers

• Theme 1 — Communist government in the USSR, 1917–85

  • 1.1 – Establishing Communist Party control, 1917–24
  • 1.2 – Stalin in power, 1928–53
  • 1.3 – Government, 1953–85

• Theme 2 — Industrial and agricultural change, 1917–85

  • 2.1 – Towards a command economy, 1917–28
  • 2.2 – Industry and agriculture in the Stalin era
  • 2.3 – Changes in industry and agriculture, 1953–85

• Theme 3 — Control of the people, 1917–85

  • 3.1 – Media, propaganda and religion
  • 3.2 – The secret police
  • 3.3 – The state and cultural change

• Theme 4 — Social developments, 1917–85

  • 4.1 – Social security and the promotion of a stable society, 1917–85
  • 4.2 – Women and the family
  • 4.3 – Education and young people

• Historical interpretations - What explains the fall of the USSR, c1985–91?

  • 5.1 – The significance of the economic weaknesses of the USSR and the failure of reform
  • 5.2 – The effects of Gorbachev’s failure to reform the Communist Party and the Soviet government
  • 5.3 – The impact of the nationalist resurgence in the Soviet republics and Eastern Europe
  • 5.4 – How far Gorbachev and Yeltsin can be seen as responsible for the collapse of the USSR

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