AS Edexcel History: Russia in Revolution and Stalin's Russia

For the knowledge paper we are studying these 2 units. Anyone doing either of these have any predictions on topics which may be in the question choice?

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Reply 1

sarah-lo

I'm doing these topics! My teacher reckons purges and five year plans for Stalin but no idea for the first section, maybe provisional government or 1905 revolution? How are you revising?

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Reply 2

_JC95

OP

2

hmm i'm thinking maybe power struggle and either purges/FYPs and then possibly economic policy under Witte and prov government/one of revolutions...

To revise I've just been going over notes and creating big A3 plans for past questions on topics as I go along what about you?

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Reply 3

MattDowse

I have no idea what to do with this course, in no doubt about dropping History next year :frown:

Reply 4

Y0NCE

Original post by MattDowse

I have no idea what to do with this course, in no doubt about dropping History next year :frown:

same here!

Reply 5

peaaceandl0ve

17

I've got Russia in Rev on Wednesday. Panicking quite a lot :/ Hopefully economic progress will come up!

Reply 6

08balsde

1

I'm doing Russia in Revolution, and my teacher has predicted something about the 1905 revolution or the Bolsheviks' consolidation of power... Good luck! :smile:

Reply 7

caitlinrussel1

Hi my teacher has predicted 1905 revolution and in the other section either USSR WWI, Stalins rise to power or Stalins totalitarian
Good luck to you too!

Reply 8

ewhitworth

1

Does anyone know what the questions were last last time for Stalin, I know his rise to power was one of them but I can't remember the other :smile:

Reply 9

Y0NCE

Original post by caitlinrussel1

Hi my teacher has predicted 1905 revolution and in the other section either USSR WWI, Stalins rise to power or Stalins totalitarian
Good luck to you too!

didn't Stalin's rise to power come up last year, i doubt they would do it again :confused:

Reply 10

caitlinrussel1

Original post by Y0NCE

didn't Stalin's rise to power come up last year, i doubt they would do it again :confused:

oh yes of course it did silly me! ahhhh that would be an awesome question though if it did!

Reply 11

Y0NCE

Original post by caitlinrussel1

oh yes of course it did silly me! ahhhh that would be an awesome question though if it did!

haha it really would!

Reply 12

Changing Skies

22

Good luck guys :biggrin:

hope the questions are as nice as they were for me last year :tongue:

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Reply 13

EilisCoughlan

Does anyone have any essay plans they could share, I have great factual knowledge about Russia in this period as I did the edexcel russia course at GCSE and now at AS, so I know the facts! Its just my essays let me down for some reason :frown:

Anthing would be appreciated! Oh and good luck for wednesday guys!

Reply 14

yasminzaracc

How do you guys structure your paragraphs? I have the same exam on Wednesday :frown:

good luck to everyone!! :biggrin:

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Reply 15

Y0NCE

Original post by EilisCoughlan

Does anyone have any essay plans they could share, I have great factual knowledge about Russia in this period as I did the edexcel russia course at GCSE and now at AS, so I know the facts! Its just my essays let me down for some reason :frown:

Anthing would be appreciated! Oh and good luck for wednesday guys!

for all my essays i do a:

INTRODUCTION - include all the 'main' factors i'm going to talk about, say which is the most important and why. (i doesn't matter how long it becomes, but as long as you show analysis, thats great!)

PARAGRAPH 1 - most important factor and why (give examples)

PARAGRAPH 2 - next most important and why (give examples) and link to paragraph 1

PARAGRAPH 3 - the least important and why (give examples and link to paragrah 1 and 2

Conclusions- basically a repetition of introduction but in other words

If you use this VERY simple structure you should be getting B's and above. Make sure your always linking and explaining in every paragraph as this shows 'sustained analysis'

I always use this as a mental plan and i always get A's and B's

Reply 16

oscarmason

1

Collectivisation fo sho!

Reply 17

EilisCoughlan

Original post by Y0NCE

for all my essays i do a:

INTRODUCTION - include all the 'main' factors i'm going to talk about, say which is the most important and why. (i doesn't matter how long it becomes, but as long as you show analysis, thats great!)

PARAGRAPH 1 - most important factor and why (give examples)

PARAGRAPH 2 - next most important and why (give examples) and link to paragraph 1

PARAGRAPH 3 - the least important and why (give examples and link to paragrah 1 and 2

Conclusions- basically a repetition of introduction but in other words

If you use this VERY simple structure you should be getting B's and above. Make sure your always linking and explaining in every paragraph as this shows 'sustained analysis'

I always use this as a mental plan and i always get A's and B's