AQA A Level History Breadth Study: Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682-1796 (A-level only) November 2020 question paper 7042/1E

Using your understanding of the historical context, assess how convincing the arguments in these three extracts are in relation to state service by the nobility in the years 1725 to 1762.

How important was Church opposition in limiting Peter the Great’s domestic reforms?

‘Peter the Great’s foreign policy towards Turkey was a complete failure.’

Assess the validity of this view.

To what extent were Catherine the Great’s social and economic policies influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment in the years to 1789?