Russia Essay Plans
“The tsars wanted to reform the nature of government more than the communists.”
To what extent do you agree in relation to the period 1855 to 1964?
Supports Challenges
- Introduction of the zemstvos by - Alexander III ‘Tsar Repressor’
Alexander II - All of the Tsars wished to
- Legislation of political parties maintain autocracy, therefore
under Nicholas II they did not want to reform, and
- Relaxation of repression under when they did it was to preserve
Alexander II and Nicholas II autocracy
- Alexander II Emancipation act - Lenin reformed the nature of
1861 ideology through the
- Alexander II ‘Tsar Liberator’ introduction of communism, and
- Alexander II Wider Reform - the structure of government
relaxation of censorship, judicial with, for example, the Politburo
reform, educational reform, - Lenin and the Stalin reformed
reformation of the Russian the nature of control through the
Orthodox Church expansion of the terror network
- The communists brought more - Khrushchev reformed the nature
repression than reform of government in the period
between 1953 and 1956, known
as collective leadership
- All rulers wished to reform, but
only to preserve their own power
How far was war more responsible for changing the lives of the working class than
revolution in the period 1855-1964?
Supports Challenges
- The Crimean War opened up the - The 1905 Revolution had a
economy under Reutern greater impact on the creation of
- The Russo-Turkish War the Duma and the legalisation of
influenced the rise of Witte and political parties
the economic and social changes - The February 1917 Revolution led
which followed to the end of the Romanov
- The Russo-Japanese war led to Dynasty, therefore had a greater
events which legalised political impact than the First World War
parties and introduced the first - The November Revolution
, Duma brought in the Bolshevik
- The First World War led to the dictatorship of Lenin, and then
Bolshevik government in Stalin
November 1917, which - Peasants seen as a
represented their interests ‘revolutionary’ class
ideologically, and led to great
economic and social changes
- The Second World War led Stalin
to introduce the policy of
industrialisation
- The Cold War further changed
the lives of the working class as it
improved living and working
conditions due to the desire to
catch up with America
“The policy of Russification under the Tsars had a greater impact than any other
government policy in the period 1865-1964 on the lives of the nationalities in the
Russian Empire.” To what extent do you agree?
Supports Challenges
- Restricted the speaking and - The Provisional Government had
printing of national languages, a greater impact due to a wider
restricting identity and range of freedom and rights for
increasing illiteracy ethnic minority groups
- Removed religious diversity - Lenin’s introduction of the Treaty
- State sanctioned pogroms on the of Brest-Litovsk, focus on
Jewish community by Alexander territories and independence
III - Stalin’s man made famine on
- Russian had to be spoken in Ukraine
courts, made trials less fair - Khrushchev, the cold war and
spheres of influence
Assess the view that the October Revolution of 1917 changed the Russian
government more than other events in the period from 1855 to 1964.
Supports Challenges
- The ideological change with the - It might be argued that there
establishment of a Communist was little change after October
state was the greatest change as Communist leaders were little
- The Revolution ended more than Red Tsars
“The tsars wanted to reform the nature of government more than the communists.”
To what extent do you agree in relation to the period 1855 to 1964?
Supports Challenges
- Introduction of the zemstvos by - Alexander III ‘Tsar Repressor’
Alexander II - All of the Tsars wished to
- Legislation of political parties maintain autocracy, therefore
under Nicholas II they did not want to reform, and
- Relaxation of repression under when they did it was to preserve
Alexander II and Nicholas II autocracy
- Alexander II Emancipation act - Lenin reformed the nature of
1861 ideology through the
- Alexander II ‘Tsar Liberator’ introduction of communism, and
- Alexander II Wider Reform - the structure of government
relaxation of censorship, judicial with, for example, the Politburo
reform, educational reform, - Lenin and the Stalin reformed
reformation of the Russian the nature of control through the
Orthodox Church expansion of the terror network
- The communists brought more - Khrushchev reformed the nature
repression than reform of government in the period
between 1953 and 1956, known
as collective leadership
- All rulers wished to reform, but
only to preserve their own power
How far was war more responsible for changing the lives of the working class than
revolution in the period 1855-1964?
Supports Challenges
- The Crimean War opened up the - The 1905 Revolution had a
economy under Reutern greater impact on the creation of
- The Russo-Turkish War the Duma and the legalisation of
influenced the rise of Witte and political parties
the economic and social changes - The February 1917 Revolution led
which followed to the end of the Romanov
- The Russo-Japanese war led to Dynasty, therefore had a greater
events which legalised political impact than the First World War
parties and introduced the first - The November Revolution
, Duma brought in the Bolshevik
- The First World War led to the dictatorship of Lenin, and then
Bolshevik government in Stalin
November 1917, which - Peasants seen as a
represented their interests ‘revolutionary’ class
ideologically, and led to great
economic and social changes
- The Second World War led Stalin
to introduce the policy of
industrialisation
- The Cold War further changed
the lives of the working class as it
improved living and working
conditions due to the desire to
catch up with America
“The policy of Russification under the Tsars had a greater impact than any other
government policy in the period 1865-1964 on the lives of the nationalities in the
Russian Empire.” To what extent do you agree?
Supports Challenges
- Restricted the speaking and - The Provisional Government had
printing of national languages, a greater impact due to a wider
restricting identity and range of freedom and rights for
increasing illiteracy ethnic minority groups
- Removed religious diversity - Lenin’s introduction of the Treaty
- State sanctioned pogroms on the of Brest-Litovsk, focus on
Jewish community by Alexander territories and independence
III - Stalin’s man made famine on
- Russian had to be spoken in Ukraine
courts, made trials less fair - Khrushchev, the cold war and
spheres of influence
Assess the view that the October Revolution of 1917 changed the Russian
government more than other events in the period from 1855 to 1964.
Supports Challenges
- The ideological change with the - It might be argued that there
establishment of a Communist was little change after October
state was the greatest change as Communist leaders were little
- The Revolution ended more than Red Tsars
