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I am doing my coursework with the question: By 1924, had the Russian people replaced one authoritarian reigime with another?

I have three interpretations: 1) The Russian People have always required authoritarianism, be their government be Tsarist or Communist, as argued by Richard Pipes. 2) The Bolshevik government/USSR was virtually the same as Imperial Russia, as argued by Robert Service. 3) The Bolshevik government was a marked improvement over the Tsarist one and many supported it.

I am struggling to find a historian who has the third view. My immedeiate guess would be a Soviet revisionist but I'm not sure? If anyone has any ideas, would be helpful.

I am strugg
Original post by Ferrograd
I am doing my coursework with the question: By 1924, had the Russian people replaced one authoritarian reigime with another?

I have three interpretations: 1) The Russian People have always required authoritarianism, be their government be Tsarist or Communist, as argued by Richard Pipes. 2) The Bolshevik government/USSR was virtually the same as Imperial Russia, as argued by Robert Service. 3) The Bolshevik government was a marked improvement over the Tsarist one and many supported it.

I am struggling to find a historian who has the third view. My immedeiate guess would be a Soviet revisionist but I'm not sure? If anyone has any ideas, would be helpful.

I am strugg

Which exam board are you doing; I did Russian history for mine as well. AQA 1865-1953
Original post by Haggardoldkrone
Which exam board are you doing; I did Russian history for mine as well. AQA 1865-1953

AQA
Original post by Ferrograd
AQA

Do you want me to send you mine, I got 36/40 for it
Original post by Haggardoldkrone
Do you want me to send you mine, I got 36/40 for it

Although I did do it at a time where the exam board didn’t care how long the essay was so I went double the word count
Original post by Haggardoldkrone
Although I did do it at a time where the exam board didn’t care how long the essay was so I went double the word count

thank you
Original post by Ferrograd
thank you

Right better dust out my old files and have a look for it, I’ll PM it you once I’ve got it all, might have to scan it because I still have the essay but I’m not sure I have the original file anymore.
Original post by Haggardoldkrone
Right better dust out my old files and have a look for it, I’ll PM it you once I’ve got it all, might have to scan it because I still have the essay but I’m not sure I have the original file anymore.

cheers
Original post by Ferrograd
I am doing my coursework with the question: By 1924, had the Russian people replaced one authoritarian reigime with another?

I have three interpretations: 1) The Russian People have always required authoritarianism, be their government be Tsarist or Communist, as argued by Richard Pipes. 2) The Bolshevik government/USSR was virtually the same as Imperial Russia, as argued by Robert Service. 3) The Bolshevik government was a marked improvement over the Tsarist one and many supported it.

I am struggling to find a historian who has the third view. My immedeiate guess would be a Soviet revisionist but I'm not sure? If anyone has any ideas, would be helpful.

I am strugg


Your question and your three interpretations simply don't match up.
Original post by ageshallnot
Your question and your three interpretations simply don't match up.

https://qualifications.pearson.com/content/dam/pdf/A%20Level/History/2015/teaching-and-learning-materials/GCE-History-CourseWork-Example-Questions.pdf

Looks like I might have just found the historian I'm looking for
Original post by Ferrograd


And what else do you need to do?
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Original post by Ferrograd
I am doing my coursework with the question: By 1924, had the Russian people replaced one authoritarian reigime with another?

I have three interpretations: 1) The Russian People have always required authoritarianism, be their government be Tsarist or Communist, as argued by Richard Pipes. 2) The Bolshevik government/USSR was virtually the same as Imperial Russia, as argued by Robert Service. 3) The Bolshevik government was a marked improvement over the Tsarist one and many supported it.

I am struggling to find a historian who has the third view. My immedeiate guess would be a Soviet revisionist but I'm not sure? If anyone has any ideas, would be helpful.

I am strugg


Edward Acton, E. H. Carr and Neil Faulkner for more sympathetic viewpoints?
Original post by Sinnoh
Edward Acton, E. H. Carr and Neil Faulkner for more sympathetic viewpoints?

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