Russia Essay Questions (1 Viewer)

[braindrainedAsh]

Here are some of the essay questions previously posted for the Russia national study. Please add your own questions to this list so this can become a really useful resource.

- Accoutn for teh nature of Bolsehvik economic policy from 1917 - 1928
- Discuss teh aims of teh NEP and its impact in the USSR
- Accoutn for the relationship b/w the USSR and the Western powers to 1945
- Assess the impact of War Communism and the NEP on both the peasentry and proletariat in Russian society b/w 1918 and 1928
- Accoutn for the sucess of teh Communist party of the Soviet Union in consolidating the Bolsehivk Revolution in the period 1917 - 1928
- Assess how the Bolsehivks were able to gain power in Russia in 1917
-Why were the Bolsehivks abole to defeat their opponents by 1922?

"...the Communist Party which emerged from the Civil War was morally very different from the party which had taken power in 1917." - J.N. Westwood

Explain how and why the Communist Party changed its policies and methods in the years from 1917 - 1922.

Assess the imapct of war communism and NEP on both the peasentry and proletariat in Russian socieity b/w 1918 - 1928

Explain how the economic policies of the Communist party after 1928 contributed to Soviet Victory in the Great Patrotic War

Discuss the aims of NEP and its impact on USSR

Account for the relationship b/w the USSR and western powers to 1945

Assess the extent to which industrilisation and collectivisation were sucessfully implimented

Evaulate the contirbution of Stalin's use of nationalism to Russia's sucess in the Great Patriotic War

Account for teh Changing nature of Bolsevhik economic policies from the Civil war to the introduction of collectivisation

Assess the extent to whcih Stalin's leadership in the 1930s prepared Russia for the Great Patriotic war

Account for the changes in policies of the ruling Communist Party in the SOivet Union in the period 1917-1934

Explain how concerns over externatal security affected government policy making in teh Soviet Union in the period from 1921 - 1945

-Assess the impace Stalin had on Russian society in the period 1917-1945.
-Explain how political aned social divisions shaped Russia and the Soviet Union in the period 1917-1928.



Please keep on adding to this thread!!

 

[MissSavage29]

Account for the changes in the policies of the ruling communist party in the Soviet Union in the period 1917 - 1945

 

[Brown_Queen]

i've got couple essay questions 4 any1:

-Assess impact of the Great Patriotic War on Communism and the Soviet Society

-Evaluate impact of War Communism and the New Economic Policy on both peasantry and proletariat in Russian Society(1918-1928)

-Why was Leon Trotsky unable to prevent the triumph of Stalin as leader of the USSR? AND why was he a better successor to Lenins seat of power?

 

[CHAiMPS]

hey there.. for my half yearly my question was "Account for the change in economic policies in the Soviet Union from 1917-1928" Hope thats of some help to you all!

 

[delz]

Horribel Essay Question

Hey this is some horrible essays we were given

" Assess the reasons for the Soviet Victory in the Great Patriotic War"

AND
"Assess The Impact of The purges, show trials and the terror in the party and soviet society"

 

[Silver Persian]

We had something like

The actions of the Communist Party after 1917 were dominated by pragmatic necessity as opposed to ideology. Discuss

It was such a great broad question that I could rant about endlessly

 

[courtnez]

Assess the role of the cult of personality in the creation and maintenance of a totalitarian society in the USSR, 1928-1945.

 

[ROSES]

brown-queen

what school do u go to

 

[ball_of_anger]

Explain how Soviet foreign policy in the 1920’s and 1930’s endeavoured to promote Communism

 

[Meldrum]

http://www.rpfuller.com/gcse/history/7.html

 

[Silver Persian]

I know how annoying it was last year when I was tryoing to find a heap of Russia Q's, so Ill give you guys all the ones I did

1) Assess the importance of individuals in causing the October 1917 revolution
2)In your view, did the initial social, political and economic reforms of the Bolsheviks assist or hinder the new governments consolidation?
3) Analyse the statement that the Bolsehviks consolidated power by sacrificing communist ideology. In your answer refer to the Russia Civil War
4) War communism was a necessary policy and achieved its goals - discuss
5) What were the primary goals of NEP, and were they achieved?
6) Trotsky was superior to Stalin in both intelligence and oration, and was the second most prestigious Bolsehvik behind Lenin. Why could he not prevent Stalin from gaining power?
7) Stalin believed his reforms coincided with Communist ideology. Discuss
8) Womens issues in Soviet Russia were consistently compromised for the convenience of the Communist Party. Argue a case for or against this statement.
9)Evaluate the impact of the economic policies of the 1930s on the proletariat, the peasantry and the kulaks
10) Foreign policy goals in the 1930's were dramatically opposed to those espopused by the Communists in the 1920's. Evaluate this statement with reference to the Great PAtriotic War
11) Evaluate the importance of cult of personality in the imposition of cultural revolution under Stalin after 1930.
12) Assess the reasons for Soviet victory in the GPW.

Hopefull I've got all the questions I answered there...I hope you 06'ers find these helpful.

 

[jenorater]

- Discuss main causes of the oct. revolution.

 

[maddy06]

Assess the extent to which Lenin was responsible for the October Revolution in 1917.

 

[c-town]

Outline the Bolsheviks consolidation of power (1917-1924).

Russia is not so much a hard topic but it's just so friggen dense.

 

[ice_wind]

Our latest essay for Russia was the most f-ed up...

"assess the role of Stalin's cult of personality in the creation & maintenance of a totalitarian society in the USSR"...WTF is that suppose to mean?

 

[Silver Persian]

The jist of the question is that Stalin's cult of personality tried to make the population devoted him, and you have to assess how important this was in him maintaining control over the USSR.

 

[flamhorn]

We had something like

The actions of the Communist Party after 1917 were dominated by pragmatic necessity as opposed to ideology. Discuss

It was such a great broad question that I could rant about endlessly

How would you answer that?

Could the question be answered in 2500 words?

 

[Silver Persian]

Well, you'd look at things like:

-War Communism (was it brought in because of Marxist ideologies or because there was war on and the government wanted to get control of as many resources as possible)
-NEP (How does this policy contradict Marxist ideology - Lenin said something along the lines that NEP was a backwards step towards capitalism that would eventually allow MArxism to run forward more strongly)
-Use of Cheka(Suppresses freedom of speech, quashes revolutionary activity, closure of the constituent assembly etc. Marxism is meant to be about people power - this seems to contradict that. You could also talk about the forceful methods Trotsky used in organising the Red's Civil War.)
-Initial social reforms (There were some concessions providing greater freeedoms to women, which I guess is a Marxian thing, but then on the other hand they divided the land up between the peasantry in the countryside, which contradicts the no private property rule of communism)
-Treaty of Brest Litovsk (Marxism is meant to be a global revolution - it is contradictory for russia to pull out of WWI when Germany is on the brink of a socialist revultion. This decision was guided by pragmatism)

That's all I've got at the moment I hope it makes sense

 

[rinzi]

does anyone know the Russia questions from the 2006 CSSA trial???

 

[Cindi_99]

i did that one,, but i wasnt given the exam questions back. sorry i cant remember the exact questions. the first one was something to the effect .. war communism and the NEP's impact on russian society. and the second was something to do with soviet foreign policy...