Edexcel GCSE History: Paper 3 Option 30 — Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917-41

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What this course covers

• Topic 1 — The revolutions of 1917

  • 1.1 – The growth of opposition to the tsar in early 1917
  • 1.2 – The February Revolution
  • 1.3 – The Provisional Government
  • 1.4 – The Bolshevik Revolution

• Topic 2 — The Bolsheviks in power, 1917–24

  • 2.1 – Early consolidation of power, 1917–18
  • 2.2 – The Civil War, 1918–21
  • 2.3 – Moves towards totalitarianism
  • 2.4 – Economic and social change, 1918–24

• Topic 3 — Stalin’s rise to power and dictatorship, 1924–41

  • 3.1 – The struggle for power, 1924–28
  • 3.2 – The use of terror in the 1930s
  • 3.3 – Propaganda and censorship
  • 3.4 – The Cult of Stalin

• Topic 4 — Economic and social changes, 1924–41

  • 4.1 – Agriculture and collectivisation
  • 4.2 – Changes in industry
  • 4.3 – Life in the Soviet Union
  • 4.4 – The position of women and ethnic minorities

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