The Modernisation of Russia, 1856-1985This resource is written for for students studying the economic and social development of Russia and the Soviet Union, as well as the nature of Russian government and its impact on the Russian people in this period. |
Contents
before 1914? | 1 |
War and revolution 191421 | 7 |
Stalins USSR 192153 | 13 |
Reform and stagnation 195385 | 19 |
How significant were the reforms of Alexander | 30 |
To what extent were movements for reform and revolution | 36 |
6 | 45 |
What impact did the war of 19415 have on the USSR? | 118 |
PostStalinist Russia 195385 | 130 |
What was the extent of destalinisation? | 138 |
Why did the USSR eventually break | 147 |
To what extent had Russia modernised between 1856 | 155 |
A2 Assessment | 163 |
Common terms and phrases
1905 revolution achieved agriculture Alexander Alexander II argued attempts authoritarian autocracy Bolsheviks Brezhnev bureaucracy central centralised civil collectivisation Communist Party coup created crisis cultural death debate defeat despite destalinisation duma economic and social emancipation emphasised evidence example extent factors Five Year Plans force fundamental German Gorbachev groups HEINEMA HEINEMANN ADVANCED HISTORY HISTO HISTORY Tsarist ideology impact important increasingly industrial industrialisation influence initiative interpretations Kenez KEY TERM Khrushchev land leader leadership Lenin liberal major Marxists Mensheviks military Modernisation of Russia Moscow October revolution opposition organised particularly peasantry peasants period Peter Kenez political population Post-Stalinist Russia problems production propaganda Provisional Government purges Red Army reforms revolutionary Russia role ruthless significant socialist society Soviet economy Soviet history Soviet Union Stalin Stalinist Stalinist Russia structure success survived Terror Trotsky tsar Tsarist and revolutionary tsarist regime tsarist Russia USSR War Communism western historians workers zemstvos