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If anyone wants help with OCR Russia Synoptic?

Post your questions here, and i'll try and help you, it would be good revision for me and i like the paper and the period.

Russia 1855-1956 by the way.

Reply 1

mo_town

Aaaaah perfect. I was just looking for some help. Basically, if i post essay questions can you answer them in the form of paragraphs with points (so basically an essay plan). I dont expect you to answer the whole essay :tongue:

First one =
How effective was opposition to governments in Russia throughout the period from 1855-1956?

Lets see how you do :smile:

Reply 2

mo_town

Omg, did you do that off the top of your head?? :frown:

i seriously need to revise.

Next question :smile:

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How different socially and economically was Tsarist Russia(1855-1917) from Communist Russia(1918-1956)?

THaaaank you :smile:

Reply 3

versalife

mo_town

Omg, did you do that off the top of your head?? :frown:

i seriously need to revise.

Next question :smile:

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How different socially and economically was Tsarist Russia(1855-1917) from Communist Russia(1918-1956)?

THaaaank you :smile:

KC Prince will undoubtedly do this better than me but if youll indulge me ill try it for revision purposes :smile:

Socially= Education, Population focus, Repression, Opposition.
Economically= Witte/Stolypin Policies v. Lenin (NEP/War Communism) & Stalin (5 Year Plans/Collectivsation)

Socially

Some difference in substance but little in methods, education was improved under the communist regime but with a slant towards idelogy and loyalty that marks it differently from anything under the tsars. Population movements forced ever great numbers towards the cities and much was done to attack conservative elements like the Russian peasentry particularily with a view to outlawing religion. Similar policies however on Nationalist questions.

Great similarities emerged in methodology, leads to Commuinists beign refered to as 'Red Tsars'. Both share teh us of the secret police (okrana/cheka) etc, with particularily oppressiev policies and passive conciltaory measures towards teh peasents, workers in the cities treated yet still harsher because of greater revolutionary potential. A potential shared under tsarism and communism.

Extent to which idelogy as valid and the focus of Stalin/Lenin is waht questions the red tsars theory, can be suggested Lenin drove to communist theory marking a social change but Stalins advent marked a change to a more dictatorial form of government without purpose. Lenin had valid reasons to be particularily repressive- Civil War, Krondstadt Mutiny, A destablished state. Though stalin faced issues they werent outside the control of his government rather the creation of his and a reflection of ther ejection of his policies. In terms of social acceptance then little changed between the tsars and communists for repression was so widespread as to suggest taht withotu it the conservative massess would overthrow it.

Economically

Between Lenin and the Tsars there are strong similarities, the New Economic Policy reflected a need to encompass the more capitalist elements that had grown udner the guidance of Witte and Stolypin under Nicholas II. War Communism though suggestive of a marked change and certainly had an idelogical twist not found under the tsars was similar to tsarist requisitoning of supplies and highlighted the weaknesses under both systems of government. War showed these up most clearly- World War One, Civil War.

Under Stalin the Five Year Plans can be said not to be that different to the rapid industrilisation of Witte, with a similar focus on heavy industry and transport. Differences emerge in their effectivness, much more so under Stalin through the use of propoganda/forced labour/targets and so on, pushed Russia to being the secon most poweful industrilised nation by 1950, a nuclear power also.

Similarities emerged in the conflict between industrial and agrarian growth but while Stolypin had tried to create a Kulak class who could buy the luxury goods of industrilisation Stalin forced Collectivisation- very much a product of his idelogy and repressive tendencies.

not particuarly good but i hope its off some use!
btw where are you getting all your questions from, could you post some more? thankyou!

Reply 4

Hitman47

here's some to try out...

"why did the rulers of Russia so often resort to repression in the period 1855-1956?"

"how effective was opposition to governments in Russia during the period 1855-1956?"

and

"how far do you agree that the impact of industrilisation on Russia and its people, both before and after 1917, differed only in terms of extent in the period 1855-1956?"

Reply 5

mo_town

Omg..you guys rooooocK!
teach me the whole syllabus....il give you an hour :smile:

p.s my teacher sucks :frown:

Reply 6

maggot brains

Question: How far do you agree the the abdication of the Tsar Nicholas II was the MOST significant turning point in the nature of the Russian government in the period 1855-1956?

Question: "The problems of governing Russia were addressed in the same ways by both Tsarist and communist rulers in the period 1855-1956" How far do you agree?

Question: Explain why opposition to Russian governments was so rarely successful in the period from 1855-1956.

All the questions are from the January 2005 paper, if you want more questions just ask for some I will post them.

Reply 7

maggot brains

Can someone please help me with these essay questions:

Question: How far do you agree with the study of Russian government in the period from 1855-1956 suggests that the communists were more repressive and authoritarian than thr Romanovs?

Question:"Faced with a backward and vast empire, Russia rulers in the period 1855-1956 consistently viewed repression as ther most efeective tool of government." To what extent do you agree with this judgement?

I really hate these repression questions which are basically my weakness.

Thanks for any help.

Reply 8

KC Prince

OP

Ill do all these properly in a few hours,

tip about repression essays, think outside the boundaries, repression isnt just state coercion/terror

Reply 9

maggot brains

any information on repression will be gold
thanks

Reply 10

tobelawyer

Hello
thank you for this thread!!!! :biggrin:

please can someone help with the question

"The Need to modernise their backward economy was always the main reason for the rulers of Russia to undertake reform."
To what extent to you agree

not sure is this question if right word for word but thats the jist of it!

:smile:

Reply 11

sara_b

"The Need to modernise their backward economy was always the main reason for the rulers of Russia to undertake reform."
To what extent to you agree

Look at the big economic changes over the period (Witte, Stolypin, NEP etc) and see if they coincide with a period of reform. If they do, thats a check for the question. If they don't, it's a no.

Interlink those points with examples of when reform has taken place that doesn't directly affect the economy. If you're thinking political reform, the overthrow of the PG was hardly for economic reasons.

That's all I've got in an outline sense off the top of my head.

Reply 12

Alexii

12

So, for this paper do we get 3 questions and we answer two of them?

Reply 13

versalife

Alexii

So, for this paper do we get 3 questions and we answer two of them?

yep, we get a timeline too! :smile:

Reply 14

Alexii

12

Ah, excellent. Well I knew about the timeline. I think it seems easier than the document paper.

Reply 15

tobelawyer

maggot brains

any information on repression will be gold
thanks

Repression is an issue where you need to look at all the ways in which there was a GENERAL feeling of supression of people, how the state affected seemed to undermine the people of Russia.

and of course this is more than just terror or coercion

although perhaps the issue of terror and fear was a central idea.

think beyond the terror idea... look at the mood, and the opinions of people.

think about how the state funtioned...look at the role it played...

thats just a view thoughts! :smile:

Reply 16

tobelawyer

sara_b

Look at the big economic changes over the period (Witte, Stolypin, NEP etc) and see if they coincide with a period of reform. If they do, thats a check for the question. If they don't, it's a no.

Interlink those points with examples of when reform has taken place that doesn't directly affect the economy. If you're thinking political reform, the overthrow of the PG was hardly for economic reasons.

That's all I've got in an outline sense off the top of my head.

thank you!! thats helped me get my thoughts in order and have an idea! :biggrin:

Reply 17

maggot brains

does anyone know what are the main themes in dealing with repression essay questions?
Geographical size? tradition?, reform then repression?

please help me out

Reply 18

tobelawyer

look at how russia was repressive - terror etc

and also why - thats where things such as size will come in.

Reply 19

versalife

maggot brains

does anyone know what are the main themes in dealing with repression essay questions?
Geographical size? tradition?, reform then repression?

please help me out

Autocratic Traditions (Supreme Ruler, Elite few, Top-Down Governance)
The Peasentry (Geography, easy to repress & appease)
Reform Prompts Repression (Industrilisation, Cities Exapnsion, Population Growth

Post-Revolution Consolodation (Example of the PG's fall)
Outside Threats/Influences (Civil War, Whites, Greens, Krondstady Mutiny)
Stalin's Paranoia & Totalitarianism (Show Trials, Purges, Stop Resistance before emerges)

That'd be my guess!

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