AQA A Level History Breadth Study: Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855-1964 June 2019 question paper 7042/1H

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in these three extracts are in relation to attitudes to autocracy during the reigns of the Tsars Alexander II and Alexander III.

How significant was the growth of towns, in the years 1894 to 1914, in changing Russian society?

‘The transformation of Russian industry, in the years 1917 to 1941, was achieved through the application of socialist/Marxist principles.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘The years 1941 to 1964 were a time of political stagnation in the USSR.’

Assess the validity of this view.