History Stalin Background

You need to do this before January
Russia 1905-1914 - Background Notes - Produce short notes on these areas

Each bullet point is a separate topic. Can be word processed or hand written. A4 paper only marked clearly with your name and candidate number

• Timeline p.98
• Russia pre 1914 (Walsh p. 100-101)
• Opposition to The Tsar (From Walsh p.103)
• Why did the Tsar survive the 1905 Revolution (from Walsh p.105)

The Causes Of the 1917 revolution
(one page Chart showing Long/short term causes See below)
Long-term causes Short-Term causes

Failure in WW1 Mutiny in the army
p.108 see p.109 March revolution
Tsarina and Rasputin Strikes
p.107 and p107 The Aristocracy see p.109 March revolution
Discontent from Peasants Formation of soviets
p.108 see p.109 March revolution
Food Shortages Duma
p.108 see p.109 March revolution

• Why did the Bolsheviks succeed in the November 1917 revolution? (Walsh p.114-115)
• War Communism 1918-1921(Walsh p.123)
Aims (list)
Features (list)
• The New Economic Policy (Walsh p.124)
Aims (list)
NEP in practice (list)
• Lenin’s Death (Walsh p.125)
• Why did Stalin triumph over Trotsky?
Stalin (from factfile Walsh p.127)
Stalin triumphed over Trotsky because:(list)
(from Walsh p.127)
• Stalin’s Economic Policies: success or failure ? (1 page chart)
• How did Stalin control the USSR ? (1 page chart)