AQA A Level History Breadth Study: Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855-1964 June 2018 question paper 7042/1H

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in these three extracts are in relation to tsarist political authority in Russia before 1917.

How significant was the emancipation of the serfs in 1861 to Russia’s economic growth in the years up to 1894?

To what extent were the lives of women and young people changed as a result of Communist rule in the years 1917 to 1941?

‘Opposition from within the Communist Party posed a greater threat to Soviet leaders than that from opponents and cultural dissidents outside it.’

Assess the validity of this view of the years 1941 to 1964.