Depth Study C - How did the Bolsheviks gain power, and how did they consolidate their rule

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• 1Describe Lenin's April Theses
• 2Describe the Kornilov Affair
• 3Paper 4: Write an account of the Provisional Government's failures
• 4Explain why the Provisional Government failed
• 5Paper 4: How important was the Kornilov Affair?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: Lenin's arrival at the Finland Station

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• 1Describe the Bolshevik seizure of power
• 2Describe the Decree on Peace and Decree on Land
• 3Paper 4: Write an account of the Bolshevik seizure of power
• 4Explain why the Bolsheviks succeeded in October
• 5Paper 4: How important were Lenin and Trotsky?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: a Winter Palace photograph

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• 1Describe the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• 2Describe the Cheka
• 3Paper 4: Write an account of the Russian Civil War
• 4Explain why the Bolsheviks won the Civil War
• 5Paper 4: How important was Trotsky in Bolshevik victory?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: Trotsky's armoured train photograph

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• 1Describe the main features of NEP
• 2Describe Lenin's Testament
• 3Paper 4: Write an account of NEP and Bolshevik consolidation 1921-24
• 4Explain why NEP was introduced in 1921
• 5Paper 4: How important was Kronstadt in causing NEP?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: Stalin at Lenin's funeral, 27 January 1924

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