AQA A Level History Depth Study: Revolution and dictatorship: Russia, 1917-1953 June 2024 question paper 7042/2N

With reference to these sources and your understanding of the historical context, assess the value of these three sources to an historian studying the leadership struggle in the years 1924 to 1929.

To what extent had Bolshevik authority been established in Russia by the end of 1917?

‘In the 1930s, Stalin’s Five Year Plans were a failure.’

Assess the validity of this view.

‘Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War was entirely due to Stalin’s wartime leadership.’

Assess the validity of this view.