Dictatorship and conflict in the USSR, 1924–53

Worked examples (9)

• 1Reading an extract for 'impression' — Lenin's Testament
• 2The two-effects rule — Socialism in one country
• 3Planning a 16-mark answer — 'Stalin won because of his position as General Secretary'
• 4Analysing treatment — why Trotsky lost
• 5Effects that differ in kind — the post of General Secretary
• 6Choosing and applying a criterion — why Trotsky lost
• 7Analysing selection — the underestimation of Stalin
• 8Consequences that reach forward — the defeat of the right
• 9Weighing multiple causes — why did Stalin win?

Model answers (9)

• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (a) style — Depth Study 5
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (a) style — Depth Study 5
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (b) style — Depth Study 5
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• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (b) style — Depth Study 5
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (c) style — Depth Study 5
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (a) style — Depth Study 5
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Worked examples (9)

• 1Reading an extract for 'impression' — Magnitogorsk
• 2The two-effects rule — collectivisation
• 3Planning a 16-mark answer — 'The Five-Year Plans were a success'
• 4Analysing treatment — the Stakhanovite movement
• 5Effects that differ in kind — the failings of the NEP
• 6Choosing and applying a criterion — was collectivisation a success?
• 7Analysing selection — the causes of the famine
• 8Consequences that reach forward — dekulakisation
• 9Weighing cost against achievement — was the transformation justified?

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• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (a) style — Depth Study 5
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (a) style — Depth Study 5
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (b) style — Depth Study 5
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (b) style — Depth Study 5
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• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (a) style — Depth Study 5
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Worked examples (9)

• 1Reading an extract for 'impression' — the communal apartment
• 2The two-effects rule — women and employment
• 3Planning a 16-mark answer — 'Life improved for most Soviet people'
• 4Analysing treatment — the political position of women
• 5Effects that differ in kind — the 1936 Family Code
• 6Choosing and applying a criterion — did the peasantry suffer most?
• 7Analysing selection — the persecution of nationalities
• 8Consequences that reach forward — changes in education
• 9Weighing a thesis — the conservative turn of the mid-1930s

Model answers (9)

• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (a) style — Depth Study 5
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (a) style — Depth Study 5
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (b) style — Depth Study 5
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Worked examples (9)

• 1Reading an extract for 'impression' — the Kirov murder
• 2The two-effects rule — the purges
• 3Planning a 16-mark answer — 'Stalin's personality was the main reason for the purges'
• 4Analysing treatment — the show trial confessions
• 5Effects that differ in kind — the purge of the armed forces
• 6Choosing and applying a criterion — did the purges succeed?
• 7Analysing selection — the cult of personality
• 8Consequences that reach forward — the revision of history
• 9Weighing methods of control — was terror the key?

Model answers (9)

• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (a) style — Depth Study 5
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (a) style — Depth Study 5
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (b) style — Depth Study 5
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (b) style — Depth Study 5
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• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (a) style — Depth Study 5
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Worked examples (9)

• 1Reading an extract for 'impression' — the warnings of 1941
• 2The two-effects rule — the evacuation of Soviet industry
• 3Planning a 16-mark answer — why the USSR survived
• 4Analysing treatment — the turning point
• 5Effects that differ in kind — the Fourth Five-Year Plan
• 6Choosing and applying a criterion — Stalin's leadership in the war
• 7Analysing selection — the balance sheet of 1953
• 8Consequences that reach forward — the post-war purges
• 9Weighing a whole career — the impact of Stalin

Model answers (9)

• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (a) style — Depth Study 5
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (a) style — Depth Study 5
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• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/01 Paper 1 part (a) style — Depth Study 5
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