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Summary of Stalin’s Rise to Power and Economic Policies- A Level
In-depth handwritten notes evaluating how Stalin rose to power in the 1920s and the success of his economic policies. Perfect for A Level courses.
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1.
When did Lenin die?
Answer: 1924
2.
When did Lenin introduce the ban on factionalism?
Answer: 1921
3.
How did Lenin contribute to Stalin’s rise to power?
Answer: He left a power vacuum by failing to appoint a political heir. His ban on factionalism meant that others were scared to criticise Stalin. Lenin’s policy of collective leadership created uncertainty and divisions.
4.
What document did Trotsky suppress?
Answer: Lenin’s Testament
5.
Who suppressed Lenin’s Testament?
Answer: Trotsky, Zinoviev, Kamenev
6.
Why did some Bolsheviks suppress Lenin’s Testament?
Answer: To preserve their own reputations
7.
What mistakes did Trotsky make?
Answer: Suppressing Lenin’s Testament, failing to attend Lenin’s funeral, criticising the NEP and the “cult of Lenin”, previous Bolshevik, leader of the Red Army, alienated Zinoviev and Kamenev
8.
What alliance did Kamenev and Zinoviev form with Stalin?
Answer: Triumvirate
9.
What alliance did Kamenev and Zinoviev eventually form with Trotsky?
Answer: The United Opposition
10.
How did the right-wing contribute to Stalin’s rise to power?
Answer: They feared to challenge Stalin because of the 1921 Rule on Party Unity. They underestimated Stalin’s power.
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What were the ideological aims of Stalin’s economic policies?
Answer: The Great Turn; increase proletariat population; eliminate “counter-revolutionaries”; reduce reliance on agriculture and the power of the peasants; introduce a more communist style of land ownership
2.
What percentage of the population was proletariat by 1928?
Answer: 20%
3.
How far behind was the Russian economy in relation to other European countries?
Answer: 50-100 years
4.
What were the economic aims of Stalin’s economic policies?
Answer: Modernisation; collectivisation; industrialisation; boost heavy industry (First Five Year Plan); revitalise consumer goods (Second and Third Five Year Plans)
5.
What were the political aims of Stain’s economic policies?
Answer: Industrialisation for rearmament, ensuring the survival of the USSR against anti-communist fascist regimes in Germany and Italy.
6.
How did coal production increase over the course of Stalin’s policy of industrialisation?
Answer: 36million tonnes (1928) to 130million tonnes (1937)
7.
What new industrial centre was built?
Answer: Gorki
8.
Where were new industrial centres built?
Answer: Ural Mountains (where they were protected from invasion)
9.
How many new factories were built during the First Five Year Plan?
Answer: 1500
10.
By how much did the urban proletariat grow across Stalin’s period of industrialisation?
Answer: 38%
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