Oxford AQA History for A Level: Tsarist and Communist Russia 1855-1964 eBook Second Edition
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Language
English
ISBN
9781382061391
Contents
Introduction to features
AQA History specification overview
Introduction to the Oxford AQA History series
Timeline
Introduction to this book
PART ONE: AS AND A LEVEL: AUTOCRACY, REFORM AND REVOLUTION: RUSSIA 1855–1917
SECTION 1: Trying to preserve autocracy, 1855–1894
1 The Russian autocracy in 1855
The political context
The economic and social context
The impact of the Crimean War 1853–56
Summary
7 Nicholas II and the challenge to autocracy
Political authority and government under Nicholas II, 1894–1904
The events and outcome of the 1905 Revolution
The era of the Dumas
Summary
2 Alexander II, the ‘Tsar Reformer’
The emancipation of the serfs
Other domestic reforms
Summary
3 The autocracy of Alexander II and Alexander III
Alexander II and reaction
Alexander III as Tsar
Summary
4 Political authority in action
Russification
Antisemitism
Summary
5 The growth of opposition to tsarist rule
The emergence of new ideas and opposition
Moderate liberal opposition
Radical opposition
Tsarist reaction and the radical opposition after 1881
Summary
6 Economic and social developments
Economic change
Social divisions: nobles, landowners and the position of the peasantry
The cultural influence of the Church
Summary
SECTION 2: The collapse of autocracy, 1894–1917
8 The economic development of Russia to 1914
Industrial transformation
Developments in agriculture
Summary
9 Social developments to 1914
Developments in working and living conditions in towns
Developments in working and living conditions in the countryside
Social divisions
Cultural changes
Summary
10 Opposition: ideas and ideologies
The growth of liberal opposition to 1905
The development of socialism and the emergence of the Social Revolutionary Party
The influence of Marxism and the development of the Social Democratic Workers’ Party
The extent of opposition between 1905 and 1914
Summary
11 Political authority, opposition and the state of Russia in wartime
The political problems of tsardom in wartime
The economic and social problems created by the war
The opposition to the autocracy and the political collapse of February/March 1917
The development of Russia under the Dual Power of 1917
Summary
12 The establishment of Bolshevik government
Lenin’s return and the growth of Bolshevik support
The Bolshevik seizure of power, October 1917
The consolidation of Bolshevik government, October–December 1917
The suppression of opposition to the Bolshevik government, October–December 1917
Summary
PART TWO: A LEVEL: THE SOVIET UNION, 1917–1964
SECTION 3: The emergence of communist dictatorship, 1917–1941
13 New leaders and ideologies
Lenin’s Russia; ideology and change
Stalin’s rise; ideology and change
Summary
19 Stalinism in wartime
The USSR at war: political authority and opposition
The political, economic and social impact of the war
The effect of war on Stalin, the government and the people
Summary
14 The communist dictatorship
The consolidation of Bolshevik authority; political developments 1917–24
The development of the Stalinist dictatorship
Summary
15 Economic developments
The economy under Lenin
The economy under Stalin
Summary
16 Leninist/Stalinist society
Class issues
The effects of social change on women
Young people
Religion
National minorities
Propaganda
Cultural change
Summary
17 Communist control and terror
Faction and opposition in the 1920s
Opposition to Stalin and the purges
Summary
18 The Soviet Union by 1941
The political condition of the Soviet Union
Economic and social position
The Soviet Union by June 1941
Summary
SECTION 4: The Stalinist dictatorship and reaction, 1941–1964
20 Political authority 1945–53
Political authority and government to 1953 – High Stalinism
The revival of terror and the destruction of ‘supposed opposition’
Stalin’s cult of personality after 1945
The power vacuum on Stalin’s death
Summary
21 Khrushchev and reaction to Stalinism, 1953–64
Khrushchev’s rise to power
Policies and ideology, and de-Stalinisation
Political and Party change
Summary
22 Economic and social developments
Industrial development
Results of industrial change
Developments in agriculture
Social developments
The quality of life and cultural change
Summary
23 Opposition and the fall of Khrushchev
Opposition from cultural dissidents
Opposition from within the Party – hardliners and reformers
Khrushchev’s fall from power
Summary
24 The Soviet Union by 1964
The political condition of the Soviet Union
The economic condition of the Soviet Union
The social condition of the Soviet Union
Summary
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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