2025 AQA A-LEVEL HISTORY Component 1E Russia in the
Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796 Question
Paper & Mark Scheme (Merged) Friday 23 May 2025
[VERIFIED]
A-level
HISTORY
Component 1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment,
1682–1796
Friday 23 May 2025 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
an AQA 16-page answer book.
Instructions
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is
7042/1E.
Answer three questions.
In Section A answer Question 01.
In Section B answer two questions.
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
Advice
You are advised to spend about:
– 1 hour on Question 01 from Section A
– 45 minutes on each of the two questions answered from Section B.
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Section A
Answer Question 01.
Extract A
Extract A not reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions.
The extract is adapted from pages 340 – 341 and 354 of Catherine II: The
Republican Empress by David M. Griffiths, printed in Jahrbücher für Geschichte
Osteuropas, Neue Folge, Bd. 21, H. 3 in 1973.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41047623
Adapted from DM Griffiths, Catherine II: The Republican Empress, 1973
Extract B
Extract B not reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions.
The extract is adapted from pages 189 – 190 and 354 of Catherine the Great by
Henri Troyat, printed by Phoenix in 2000, ISBN 1842120298.
Adapted from H Troyat, Catherine the Great, 2000
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Extract C
Extract C not reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions.
The extract is adapted from pages 322 – 329 of Catherine, Montesquieu, and
Empire by Max J Okenfuss, printed by Jahrbücher Für Geschichte Osteuropas, vol.
56, no. 3 in 2008. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41052100
Adapted from MJ Okenfuss, Catherine, Montesquieu, and Empire, 2008
0 1 Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the
arguments in these three extracts are in relation to Catherine the Great and the
Enlightenment.
[30 marks]
Turn over for Section B
IB/M/Jun25/7042/1E Turn over ►
Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796 Question
Paper & Mark Scheme (Merged) Friday 23 May 2025
[VERIFIED]
A-level
HISTORY
Component 1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment,
1682–1796
Friday 23 May 2025 Morning Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
Materials
For this paper you must have:
an AQA 16-page answer book.
Instructions
Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is
7042/1E.
Answer three questions.
In Section A answer Question 01.
In Section B answer two questions.
Information
The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
The maximum mark for this paper is 80.
You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
Advice
You are advised to spend about:
– 1 hour on Question 01 from Section A
– 45 minutes on each of the two questions answered from Section B.
IB/M/Jun25/G4007/V4 7042/1E
, 2
Section A
Answer Question 01.
Extract A
Extract A not reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions.
The extract is adapted from pages 340 – 341 and 354 of Catherine II: The
Republican Empress by David M. Griffiths, printed in Jahrbücher für Geschichte
Osteuropas, Neue Folge, Bd. 21, H. 3 in 1973.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41047623
Adapted from DM Griffiths, Catherine II: The Republican Empress, 1973
Extract B
Extract B not reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions.
The extract is adapted from pages 189 – 190 and 354 of Catherine the Great by
Henri Troyat, printed by Phoenix in 2000, ISBN 1842120298.
Adapted from H Troyat, Catherine the Great, 2000
IB/M/Jun25/7042/1E
, 3
Extract C
Extract C not reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions.
The extract is adapted from pages 322 – 329 of Catherine, Montesquieu, and
Empire by Max J Okenfuss, printed by Jahrbücher Für Geschichte Osteuropas, vol.
56, no. 3 in 2008. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41052100
Adapted from MJ Okenfuss, Catherine, Montesquieu, and Empire, 2008
0 1 Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the
arguments in these three extracts are in relation to Catherine the Great and the
Enlightenment.
[30 marks]
Turn over for Section B
IB/M/Jun25/7042/1E Turn over ►
