Lenin was the ruler who did most to transform Russia

Lenin was the ruler to transform Russia the most in the period 1855-1956. To what extent to do you agree? :p:

I'm so stuck on this question. ANY ideas as to STRUCTURE :confused:

would be much appreciated!!

Content is not so much of a problem

Thank you in advance
and good luck to anyone who is doing the themes paper tommorow! :wink:

Reply 1

sara_b

well, in your introduction, make sure you define what you will interpret 'transform' to mean throughout your essay. are you going to look at it in terms of economic transformation, or maybe socially, politcally, agriculturally etc.

Remember how important it is to mention each of the rulers over the 100 year period. Choose the one or two most important/significant transformations that occurred over each of these 'reigns' and compare them in terms of relative importance/signifcance. Who benefitted or lost out in these transformations? Were the changes sustained? Stalin's collectivisation and 5 year plans, Alexander's Great Reforms, Nicholas' Manifesto maybe. For Kruschev, there's the deStalinisation and maybe the Virgin Lands scheme. I would agree with the statement in the end on a very simple level, because Lenin was the leader of the Bolshevik party that affected Revolution (if you believe that) and that was, however arguably, the biggest transformation that happened over the period.

That's very vague, but I hope it helped :smile:

Reply 2

blone_bomb

I would have thought Witte under Nicholas did the most to transform Russia. he started Russias industrialisation, which i would have thought had the biggest impact on Russia throughout that period. Although you could argue a hundred different viewpoints.