Politburo Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Section A Answer Question 01. Source A From an interview with Jing Shenghong, an eminent Chinese historian, in China, in 2006. Jing describes events at Nanjing University on 3 June 1966, where he had been a student. Several professors were criticised at first. Among them was Professor Lin from the Philosophy department, Professor Hu from the Chinese Literature department and Professor Su from the Foreign Language department. All these professors were in their thirties. It was believed t...

AP Comparative Government & Politics Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3 causation - Correct Answer A cause and effect relationship in which one variable controls the changes in another variable. correlation - Correct Answer A situation where one set of observed data seems to be closely related to another set of data, but does not necessarily mean causation empirical - Correct Answer based on observation or experiment normative - Correct Answer describes beliefs or values about how things shoul...

these are a few notes from the History A level Edexcel book which is communist states and is just about Russia and the beggining of how communism and other issues like economy, industry etc changed russia overall.

this is lecture notes on the foundings of the first two leaders of russia and how they created policies and had advantages and disadvantages on how their country would be

AQA A Level History 2N. An essay plan for each factor to an exam-style essay question. A* quality.

Notes that helped me achieve an A for both IGCSE and A-Level History! Regardless of whether you are studying Stalin’s Russia for IGCSE or A-Levels, these notes are perfect for you! Boasting colourful illustrations and sources to make studying less of a bore, these notes were made using information from the official Cambridge IGCSE and A-Level Coursebooks as well as lecturer-recommended external sources. For A-Level students- These notes are 1st of 4 chapters for Stalin’s Russia as lis...

From 1922, Lenin suffered a series of strokes which weakened his ability to work. During his illness and after his death, the Politburo agreed to act as a collective leadership. All the members claimed that they did not want to replace Lenin or have a similar position of authority. Despite this, a succession struggle had begun behind the scenes as early as 1923. On January 21, 1924, Lenin died. He was only fifty-three. Trotsky was away in the Caucasus that month, and Stalin teleg...

PLSC3 Final Review Questions For the Final examination to be held on May 2 nd, you will be tested according to the following scheme. Part 1: Multiple-choice Questions (50%) You will be given 25 multiple-choice questions. Each will account for 2% of your grade for this examination. Refer to the key terms in the back page. Part 2: Essay Questions (50%) You will be given 3 of the following 7 questions, and be asked to answer 2 of them in essay form. Each will account for 25% of your grade for this ...

NOTE: by 'rev' it is meant revolution or revolutionary. Stalin factfile, tension between Lenin and Stalin, Lenin's testament, Central Committee, Council of People’s Commissars, change in Bolshevik party structure, ban on factionalism, death of Lenin, Politburo split on NEP, Bureaucratisation, Trotsky on NEP and modernisation, flaws in Stalin's opposition.

Trotsky and the Left, Bukharin and the Right, Politburo, weaknesses of the Right,