Russia Revision Page

Peasants

How far do you agree that life for peasants was uniformly bleak during the period from 1855 to 1964?

Political/ Social/ Economic- Analyse similarities and differences / Continuity and change across the time period

In the period 1855-1964, did the peasantry receive better treatment under the Tsars or the Communists?

Political/ Social/ Economic

Assess the view that no Russian ruler in the period from 1855 to 1964 succeeded in improving the lives of the peasants.

Political/ Social/ Economic

How far do you agree that life for peasants was uniformly bleak during the period from 1855 to 1964?

Political/ Social/ Economic

Assess the view that no Russian ruler in the period from 1855 to 1964 succeeded in improving the lives of the peasants.

Political/ Social/ Economic

To what extent were the living and working conditions of the Russian peasants consistently miserable in the period from 1855 to 1964?

 Living conditions, working conditions and access to food/famine.

Assess the view that the lives of the peasants in Russia did not improve from 1855 to 1964.

Political/ Social/ Economic

Assess the view that the condition of the peasantry in Russia was transformed in the period from 1855 to 1964

Political/ Social/ Economic

The living and working conditions or rural people changed more in the period from 1917 to 1964 than in the period from 1855 to 1917.

Living conditions, working conditions and access to food/famine.

“The Russo-Japanese war of 1904-1905 changed the lives of the peasantry more than any other war in the period 1855-1964.” How far do you agree?

 Political/ Social/ Economic  Use the Russo Japanese war at the start of each paragraph before comparing it to two other turning points (in each paragraph). This changed the lives of the peasantry more than… because…and then assess at the end.

Industrial Workers

How far do you agree that the working class of Russia suffered more under communist rule than they did under the Tsars in the period from 1855 to 1964?

Living conditions: housing, leisure, amenities, education & opportunity,  health / Economic security: poverty, prosperity, wages/ Working conditions: hours, wages, health, discipline/ Political freedom, rights, power, opposition- link to poor living and working conditions due to lack of representation

How far did the working class of Russia suffer more from Bolshevik rule than Tsarist rule during the years from 1855 to 1964?

 Living conditions/ economic security/ working conditions/ political freedom

How far does a study of living and working conditions in the period 1855 to 1964 suggest that the Russian peoples lost more than they gained as a result of the Bolshevik seizure of power in 1917?

Living conditions/ economic security/ working conditions/ political freedom

To what extent was the industrial and urban working class of Russia failed more by the Communist rulers than the Tsars in the period from 1855 to 1964?

Living conditions/ economic security/ working conditions/ political freedom or Political/ Social/ Economic

Assess the view that Russia’s communist leaders did less than the Tsars to improve the lives of the working class in the period from 1855 to 1964.

Living conditions/ economic security/ working conditions/ political freedom or Political/ Social/ Economic

How far was war more responsible for changing the lives of the working class than revolutions in the period 1855–1964?

Political/ Social/ Economic

‘All Russia’s rulers tried to modernise Russia’. How far do you agree with this view of the period from 1855 to 1964?

Political/ Social/ Economic

How far do you agree that the Crimean War had a greater impact on the economy of Russia in the period 1855–1964 than any other war?

Industry/ Agriculture/ Living and working conditions

How far do you agree that the credit for industrialising Russia in the period from 1855 to 1964 can mostly be given to Stalin?

Industry/ Agriculture/ Living and working conditions

‘Lenin had a greater impact on Russia's economy and society than any other ruler.’ How far do you agree with this view of the period from 1855 to 1964?

 Industry/ Agriculture/ Living and working conditions

Opposition

Explain why the opponents of the tsars from 1855 to 1917 were more successful than those who opposed the communist regime from 1917 to 1964.

Peasants/ Workers/ Reformers and Revolutionaries/ Nationalities

Alexander III/ Stalin/ Lenin was more successful at dealing with opposition than any other ruler of Russia in the period from 1855 to 1964’. How far do you agree?

Peasants/ Workers/ Reformers and Revolutionaries/ Nationalities

‘Throughout the years from 1855 to 1964 the methods of repression and enforcement used by Russian governments remained consistent.’ How far do you agree?

Peasants/ Workers/ Reformers and Revolutionaries/ Nationalities

‘The rulers of Russia preferred repression to reform’. How far do you agree with this view of the period from 1855 to 1964.

Peasants/ Workers/ Reformers and Revolutionaries/ Nationalities

‘Opposition to Russian governments was ineffective in the period from 1855 to 1964’. How far do you agree?

Peasants/ Workers/ Reformers and Revolutionaries/ Nationalities

‘The peoples of Russia were consistently repressed by their rulers’. How far do you agree?

 Peasants/ Workers/ Reformers and Revolutionaries/ Nationalities

‘Opposition to the Russian government was more effective in the period from 1855 to 1917 than in the period from 1917 to 1964.’ How far do you agree?  

Peasants/ Workers/ Reformers and Revolutionaries/ Nationalities

Nature of Government

‘There was more change than continuity in the ways in which Russia was ruled in the period from 1855 to 1964.’ To what extent do you agree with this view?

Ideology/Structure of government/ Tools of repression/ Use of reform / concessions

How far do you agree that a study of Russian governments in the period from 1855 to 1964 suggests that the Communists were more authoritarian and repressive than the Romanov Tsars?

Ideology/Structure of government/ Tools of repression/ Use of reform / concessions

How far does a study of the period 1855 to 1964 suggest that, following the revolutions of 1917, the Russian people simply exchanged one form of authoritarianism for another?

Ideology/Structure of government/ Tools of repression/ Use of reform / concessions

‘The communist rulers were effective autocrats; the Tsars were not.’ How far do you agree with this view of Russian Government in the period 1855 to 1964?

Ideology/Structure of government/ Tools of repression/ Use of reform / concessions

How far do you agree that a study of Russian government in the period 1855 to 1964 suggests that Russia did little more than exchange Romanov Tsars for ‘Red Tsars’ from 1917?

 Ideology/Structure of government/ Tools of repression/ Use of reform / concessions

‘The rulers of Russia were reluctant reformers.’ How far do you agree with this view of the period from 1855 to 1964?

Political/ Social/ Economic

War

‘Out of all the wars that influence the development of Russian Government, the First World War was the most significant’. How far do you agree with this view?

 Ideology/Structure of government/ Tools of repression/ Use of reform / concessions

Empire and nationalities

How consistent was Russia’s treatment of the peoples in its Empire throughout the period from 1855 to 1964?

 Russification (language, culture, religion)/ Violence / conflict (suppressing revolts, executions, war)/ Concessions (reform, freedoms, autonomy)/ Economic exploitation

‘The First World War was the most important event affecting the development of the Russian Empire in the period from 1855 to 1964.’ How far do you agree?

Political/ Social/ Economic

Turning Points

How far do you agree that the October Revolution of 1917 was the most important turning-point in the development of Russian government in the period from 1855 to 1964?

 Ideology/Structure of government/ Tools of repression/ Use of reform / concessions