OCR GCSE History: Russia, 1928–1964

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A1:4 Russia, 1928–1964 (Removed from syllabus 2021)

This depth study focuses on the relationship between the Russian people and the Communist regimes that ruled Russia from 1928–1964. Learners will need to be familiar with the key issues specified in the introduction to the non-British depth studies on page 14 of the specification. These issues will be assessed.

Stalin’s Russia 1928–1941

  • The abandonment of the NEP;
  • Collectivisation, including reasons for the policy, resistance to it and its effects;
  • The Five-Year Plans, including reasons for the policy, attitudes towards it, and its effects;
  • The return of conservative social policy, including education, marriage, the effect on nationalism and policies towards religion;
  • Use of propaganda;
  • The cult of Stalin;
  • Youth organisations;
  • Repression, including the early purges, Show Trials, the Great Purge.

The Great Patriotic War and its effects 1941–1953

  • The effects of the German invasion of the USSR in 1941, including the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet war effort, the effect of war on industrial production and workers, wartime propaganda, the rise of nationalism and the effect of war on minorities including Ukrainians and Jews;
  • Damage done to the Soviet Union;
  • Post-war purges and treatment of returning prisoners;
  • New Five-Year Plan;
  • Government clampdown on Western cultural influence.

Khrushchev’s Russia 1953–1964

  • Khrushchev’s more liberal policies, including the Secret Speech and its effects in Russia, the relaxation of censorship, the release of political prisoners, reform of labour camps, prisons and judicial system and new laws against corruption;
  • Continuing oppression, including the creation and actions of the KGB and attacks on the Orthodox Church;
  • Economic and social policies, including the decentralisation of agriculture, changes to kolkhozy and state farms, the reasons for and effect of Virgin Lands policy, new Five-Year Plans and focus on consumer goods;
  • Changes in living standards, changes to compulsory education and extension of higher education.

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This module download also includes the following teaching resources:

  • Module 3 Khrushchev S Secret Speech (pdf)
  • Module 3 Russian Life Under Khrushchev Table Info (pdf)
  • Module 3 Robert Wood Article Tasks (pdf)
  • Module 3 Soviet Treatment Of Returning Russian Pows (pdf)
  • Module 3 Robert Wood Article (pdf)
  • Module 3 Robert Wood Article Tasks (docx)
  • Module 3 Hungarian Uprising (pptx)
  • Module 3 How Significantly Did Khrushchev Improve The Soviet Union (pdf)
  • Module 3 Russian Life Under Khrushchev Info Hunt (pdf)
  • Module 2 Russia And Wwii Posters (pdf)
  • Module 3 Russian Life Under Khrushchev Info Hunt (pptx)
  • Module 2 Stalin And Wwii (docx)
  • Module 2 Post Wwii Clampdown On Western Culture Glue In Sheets (pdf)
  • Module 3 Group Packs (pdf)
  • Module 1 What Was Lenin S New Economic Policy- Ap Euro Bit By Bit 40 (mp4)
  • Module 1- To What Extent Was Collectivisation A Success Revision Notes (docx)
  • Module 3 Virgin Lands Campaign Top 11 Facts (mp4)
  • Module 1 Terror Information Sheet (pdf)
  • Module 3 Russian Life Under Khrushchev Table Info (pptx)
  • Module 3 Khrushchev S Secret Speech (docx)
  • Module 3 Russian Life Under Khrushchev (pptx)
  • Module 3 Group Packs (pptx)
  • Module 2 Effect Of Wwii On Ukrainians (pdf)
  • Module 1 Women Table (doc)
  • Module 1 War Communism Principles Chart (pdf)
  • Module 2 The Course Of Wwii (docx)
  • Module 2 The Course Of Wwii (pdf)
  • Module 3 Did Khrushchev Significantly Improve Living Conditions For The Soviet People (pdf)
  • Module 1 War Communism (mp4)
  • Module 1 New Economic Policy Comprehension Sheet (doc)
  • Module 1- Lenin S Economic Policy- From War Communism To Nep (mp4)
  • Module 3 Soviet Treatment Of Returning Russian Pows (docx)
  • Module 1 Terrors Worksheet (doc)
  • Module 1 New Economic Policy Comprehension Sheet (pdf)
  • Module 3 How Significantly Did Khrushchev Improve The Soviet Union (docx)
  • Module 1 The Kronstadt Uprising (mp4)
  • Module 2 Siege Of Leningrad (mp4)
  • Module 1 Terror Information Sheet (doc)
  • Module 2 Stalin And Wwii (pdf)
  • Module 3 The Creation And Purpose Of The Kgb (pptx)
  • Module 1 Lenin S Funeral Moscow 1924 (mp4)
  • Module 2 Effect Of Wwii On Ukrainians (docx)
  • Module 2 Russia And Wwii Posters (pptx)
  • Module 1 New Economic Policy (pdf)
  • Module 3 What Was The Kgb And Why Was It So Feared- (mp4)
  • Module 1 Terrors Worksheet (pdf)
  • Module 3 Cultivation Of The Virgin Lands 1954 (mp4)
  • Module 3 Did Khrushchev Significantly Improve Living Conditions For The Soviet People (docx)
  • Module 2 The New 5 Year Plans (pdf)
  • Module 2 Cost Of Wwii (pdf)
  • Module 1 Stalin S Apparatus Of Terror Chart (docx)
  • Module 1 Stalin- The Purges (mp4)
  • Module 2 Reasons Why Russia Was So Unprepared For Wwii (docx)
  • Module 3 -25th February 1956- Khruschev Criticises Stalin In His Secret Speech (mp4)
  • Module 1 War Communism Principles Chart (docx)
  • Module 2 Cost Of Wwii (doc)
  • Module 1- To What Extent Was Collectivisation A Success Revision Notes (pdf)
  • Module 1 Josef Stalin Facebook Homework (ppt)
  • Module 1 Josef Stalin Facebook Homework (pdf)
  • Module 1 New Economic Policy (doc)
  • Module 2 Stalin And Wwii (pptx)
  • Module 2 Post Wwii Clampdown On Western Culture Glue In Sheets (docx)
  • Module 2 Russia And Wwii (pptx)
  • Module 2 Reasons Why Russia Was So Unprepared For Wwii (pdf)
  • Module 2 The New 5 Year Plans (docx)
  • Module 1 Stalin S Apparatus Of Terror Chart (pdf)
  • Module 1 Women In Stalin S Russia (pptx)
  • Module 1 Stalin Purges Enemies And Friends Alike (mp4)
  • Module 1 Stalin S Terror (pptx)
  • Module 1 Five Year Plans (pdf)
  • Module 1 Russian Economic Policies (pptx)
  • Module 1 Life In The Soviet Union (pdf)
  • Module 1 Five Year Plans (doc)
  • Module 1 Lenin Dies (pptx)
  • Module 1 Women Table (pdf)
  • Module 1 Life In The Soviet Union (doc)
  • Module 1 Causes Of Collectivisation Statements (pdf)
  • Module 1 Women In Soviet Russia Information (pdf)
  • Module 1 Cult Of Personality And Propaganda (pptx)
  • Module 1 Causes Of Collectivisation Statements (docx)
  • Module 1 Collectivisation (pptx)
  • OCR GCSE History Exam Booklets (zip)