Table of Contents

Chronology of key events Introduction Chapter 1: The Nature of Russian Government 1 Ideologies 2 Government structures and institutions 3 Conclusion An assessment of two A2 essays: Grades A and C Chapter 2: The Opposition to Regimes 1 The changing nature of opposition 2 Methods of repression to control opposition 3 Reform as a method to deal with opposition 4 Conclusion An assessment of two A2 essays: Grades A* and C Chapter 3: Impact of Dictatorial Regimes on Economy and Society 1 The extent of economic change 2 The extent of social change 3 Living and working conditions of rural and urban people 4 Civil rights 5 Conclusion An assessment of two A2 essays: Grades A* and C Chapter 4: War and Revolution and the Development of Government 1 The Crimean War 1853-6 2 The Russo-Turkish War 1877-8 3 The Russo-Japanese War 1904-5 4 The First World War 1914-18 5 The Russian Revolution 1917 6 The Russian Civil War 1917-21 7 The Second World War 1939-45 8 The Cold War 1947-64 9 Conclusion An assessment of two A2 essays: Grades A* and C Mark Schemes for Assessing Essays Select Reading list Glossary Index

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Andrew Holland is an experienced A Level and IB teacher. He is the author of a number of A Level texts - including titles in the Access to History, My Revision Notes and OCR A Level History series.