Depth Study C - How did Stalin gain and hold on to power

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• 1Describe 'Socialism in One Country'
• 2Describe the United Opposition
• 3Paper 4: Write an account of the power struggle 1924-29
• 4Explain why Trotsky lost the succession struggle
• 5Paper 4: How important was Stalin's position as General Secretary?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: Stalin's 50th birthday Pravda hagiography, 21 December 1929

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• 1Describe the Stalin cult
• 2Describe Socialist Realism
• 3Paper 4: Write an account of Stalin's tools of control
• 4Explain why Stalin promoted a personal cult
• 5Paper 4: How important were cult and propaganda compared with terror?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: The 1936 Stalin Constitution

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• 1Describe the assassination of Sergei Kirov
• 2Describe the first Moscow Show Trial
• 3Paper 4: Write an account of the Great Terror 1934-39
• 4Explain why Stalin purged the Red Army
• 5Paper 4: How important was Stalin's paranoia in causing the Terror?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: Bukharin's confession at the third Moscow Show Trial

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• 1Describe the Soviet Politburo by 1941
• 2Describe Soviet society by 1941
• 3Paper 4: Write an account of Soviet transformation by 1941
• 4Explain why Stalin's control was virtually complete by 1941
• 5Paper 4: How important was the Red Army purge in causing the Barbarossa catastrophe?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: Pravda front page, 22 June 1941

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