| S6 4hr History |
Last
update -
07 May 2023 |
Official European
School History S6 Syllabus:
English,
French,
German |
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Europe and the World from the end of the 19th
Century to 1945. |
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6.4F |
Russia and the ussr 1917-1953 |
S6 4 period |
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Theme
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15 lessons |
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1.
The 1917 Revolutions.
2.
War Communism and NEP.
3.
Stalinism 1929-33 and the characteristics of a
totalitarian state.
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How did the Communists take control in
1917?
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What was the new socialist state and
society like?
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How was the October Revolution judged by
people at the time and later by historians?
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Why were there phases of nationalisation,
but also liberalisation between 1917 and 1928?
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Did Stalin consolidate or pervert the
revolution?
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What was the connection between
modernisation and dictatorship?
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Was art only a propaganda tool?
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Was the USSR simply a continuation of the
anti-Western Russian way? Or a fundamentally new model? |
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Key Words |
Bolshevik, Menshevik, Soviets, War Communism, NEP,
Collectivisation, World Revolution, Socialism in One
Country, Marxism-Leninism, Stalinism, Gulag, Cult of
Personality
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Possible Reference Points |
Russian Revolutions (1917), 10th Congress of
the Russian Communist Party (1921), Death of Lenin
(1924), Beginning of Stalin’s Rule (1929), Sovietisation
of Eastern and Central Europe (1945-), Death of Stalin
(1953).
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Syllabus Links |
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Europe 2
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6.4B
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6.4E |
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