Past exam questions for Section A/B Russia, 1917-91: from Lenin to Yeltsin. A-Level only.
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PAST PAPERS
Section A
How accurate is it to say that the nature of government under Lenin and Stalin was markedly
different?
How far do you agree that the benefits of Stalin's economic policies outweighed the costs in
the years 1928-50?
How accurate is it to say that the main reason-for-the survival of the Soviet regime, in the
years 1917-28, was the introduction of the New Economic Policy?
How accurate is it to say that government policy failed to modernise Soviet agriculture in the
years 1928-64?
How far do you agree that the failures of Soviet economic policy outweighed the successes in
the years 1917-53?
How accurate is it to say that Khrushchev's approach to government was fundamentally
similar to Brezhnev’s approach to government?
How accurate is it to say that the Bolsheviks’ poor handling of the economy was the main
reason for the difficulties faced by the Soviet regime in the years 1917-28?
How far do you agree that the successes of Soviet industrial policy outweighed the failures in
the years 1953-85?
How accurate is it to say that Stalin’s use of terror in the 1930s was fundamentally similar to
Lenin’s use of terror in the years 1918-24?
How far do you agree that the successes of Soviet economic policy outweighed the failures in
the years 1945-64?
Section B
How accurate is it to say that the status of women was transformed under Soviet rule in the
years 1917-85?
How significant was the role of the secret police in maintaining Communist control in the
years 1917-85?
How accurate is it to say that the Soviet leadership's hostility to religion remained remarkably
consistent in the years 1917-85?
How accurate is it to say that the status of women in Stalinist society was essentially similar
to that of women in the Khrushchev and Brezhnev eras?
How significant was state control of the mass media and propaganda in sustaining the Soviet
regime in the years 1917-85?
To what extent did government attitudes towards the family as a social unit change in the
years 1917-85?
How accurate is it to say that the personality cult of Stalin was markedly different from the
personality cults of Khrushchev and Brezhnev?
How significant was Soviet educational policy for the population of the USSR in the years
1917-85?
How accurate is it to say that Soviet government restrictions on artistic and cultural
expression remained unchanged in the years 1917-85?
How significant was employment for the promotion of a stable Soviet society in the years
1953-85?
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PAST PAPERS
Section A
How accurate is it to say that the nature of government under Lenin and Stalin was markedly
different?
How far do you agree that the benefits of Stalin's economic policies outweighed the costs in
the years 1928-50?
How accurate is it to say that the main reason-for-the survival of the Soviet regime, in the
years 1917-28, was the introduction of the New Economic Policy?
How accurate is it to say that government policy failed to modernise Soviet agriculture in the
years 1928-64?
How far do you agree that the failures of Soviet economic policy outweighed the successes in
the years 1917-53?
How accurate is it to say that Khrushchev's approach to government was fundamentally
similar to Brezhnev’s approach to government?
How accurate is it to say that the Bolsheviks’ poor handling of the economy was the main
reason for the difficulties faced by the Soviet regime in the years 1917-28?
How far do you agree that the successes of Soviet industrial policy outweighed the failures in
the years 1953-85?
How accurate is it to say that Stalin’s use of terror in the 1930s was fundamentally similar to
Lenin’s use of terror in the years 1918-24?
How far do you agree that the successes of Soviet economic policy outweighed the failures in
the years 1945-64?
Section B
How accurate is it to say that the status of women was transformed under Soviet rule in the
years 1917-85?
How significant was the role of the secret police in maintaining Communist control in the
years 1917-85?
How accurate is it to say that the Soviet leadership's hostility to religion remained remarkably
consistent in the years 1917-85?
How accurate is it to say that the status of women in Stalinist society was essentially similar
to that of women in the Khrushchev and Brezhnev eras?
How significant was state control of the mass media and propaganda in sustaining the Soviet
regime in the years 1917-85?
To what extent did government attitudes towards the family as a social unit change in the
years 1917-85?
How accurate is it to say that the personality cult of Stalin was markedly different from the
personality cults of Khrushchev and Brezhnev?
How significant was Soviet educational policy for the population of the USSR in the years
1917-85?
How accurate is it to say that Soviet government restrictions on artistic and cultural
expression remained unchanged in the years 1917-85?
How significant was employment for the promotion of a stable Soviet society in the years
1953-85?
