Depth Study C - What was the impact of Stalin’s economic policies

Worked examples (6)

• 1Describe the lives of Soviet workers under the Five-Year Plans
• 2Describe Soviet women's lives under Stalin
• 3Paper 4: Write an account of how Stalin's policies changed Soviet life
• 4Explain why Stalin attacked organised religion
• 5Paper 4: How important were benefits vs costs of Stalin's policies for Soviet citizens?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: Soviet propaganda poster

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• 1Describe the First Five-Year Plan
• 2Describe Magnitogorsk
• 3Paper 4: Write an account of the First Five-Year Plan
• 4Explain why Stalin launched the Five-Year Plans in 1928
• 5Paper 4: How important was the strategic motive for the Five-Year Plans?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: Magnitogorsk construction photograph

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• 1Describe the achievements of Stalin's industrialisation
• 2Describe Soviet living standards during the Five-Year Plans
• 3Paper 4: Write an account of Stalin's economic policies
• 4Explain why Soviet agriculture remained inefficient
• 5Paper 4: How important was WWII victory in justifying Stalin's economic policies?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: Soviet industrial production graph

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• 1Describe dekulakisation
• 2Describe the Holodomor
• 3Paper 4: Write an account of collectivisation
• 4Explain why Stalin collectivised agriculture
• 5Paper 4: How important were Soviet policies in causing the famine?
• 6Paper 2 source skill: Walter Duranty's denial of the famine

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• ✓Model answer — Paper 4 part (a) style
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