Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905–24

Worked examples (9)

• 1Describing two features — Bloody Sunday
• 2Cross-referring two sources — Bloody Sunday
• 3Evaluating an interpretation — why the 1905 Revolution failed
• 4Describing two features — the October Manifesto
• 5Cross-referring two sources — the dissolution of the First Duma
• 6Evaluating an interpretation — could Stolypin have saved the regime?
• 7Describing two features — Stolypin's policies
• 8Cross-referring two sources — the Lena Goldfield strike
• 9Evaluating an interpretation — was Russia heading for revolution in 1914?

Model answers (9)

• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (a) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (b) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (c) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (a) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (b) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (c) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (a) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (b) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (c) style — A2

Worked examples (9)

• 1Describing two features — the weaknesses of the Provisional Government
• 2Cross-referring two sources — the April Theses
• 3Evaluating an interpretation — the Kornilov Revolt as turning point
• 4Describing two features — the July Days
• 5Cross-referring two sources — the Kornilov Revolt
• 6Evaluating an interpretation — was Lenin decisive?
• 7Describing two features — the Bolshevik takeover
• 8Cross-referring two sources — the seizure of power
• 9Evaluating an interpretation — was the Provisional Government doomed?

Model answers (9)

• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (a) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (b) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (c) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (a) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (b) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (c) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (a) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (b) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (c) style — A2

Worked examples (9)

• 1Describing two features — the 1917 Decrees
• 2Cross-referring two sources — the Constituent Assembly
• 3Evaluating an interpretation — Brest-Litovsk
• 4Describing two features — the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• 5Cross-referring two sources — the Red Terror
• 6Evaluating an interpretation — did the Whites lose or the Reds win?
• 7Describing two features — the Red Army
• 8Cross-referring two sources — foreign intervention
• 9Evaluating an interpretation — geography and Bolshevik victory

Model answers (9)

• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (a) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (b) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (c) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (a) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (b) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (c) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (a) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (b) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (c) style — A2

Worked examples (9)

• 1Describing two features — the effects of the war on Russia
• 2Cross-referring two sources — the influence of Rasputin
• 3Evaluating an interpretation — did the war cause the revolution?
• 4Describing two features — the influence of Rasputin
• 5Cross-referring two sources — the February days in Petrograd
• 6Evaluating an interpretation — Nicholas taking command in 1915
• 7Describing two features — the abdication and the Provisional Government
• 8Cross-referring two sources — the mutiny of 27 February
• 9Evaluating an interpretation — was the February Revolution spontaneous?

Model answers (9)

• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (a) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (b) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (c) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (a) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (b) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (c) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (a) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (b) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (c) style — A2

Worked examples (9)

• 1Describing two features — War Communism
• 2Cross-referring two sources — the Kronstadt Mutiny
• 3Evaluating an interpretation — the NEP as retreat
• 4Describing two features — the Kronstadt Naval Mutiny
• 5Cross-referring two sources — the New Economic Policy
• 6Evaluating an interpretation — necessity or ideology?
• 7Describing two features — the New Economic Policy
• 8Cross-referring two sources — Lenin's Testament
• 9Evaluating an interpretation — Lenin's achievements

Model answers (9)

• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (a) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (b) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (c) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (a) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (b) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (c) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (a) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (b) style — A2
• ✓Model answer — 4HI1/02 Paper 2 Section A part (c) style — A2