Edexcel A Level History Paper 1 option: Russia, 1917-91: from Lenin to Yeltsin June 2019 question paper 9HI0/1E

How far do you agree that the failures of Soviet economic policy outweighed the successes in the years 1917-53?

How accurate is it to say that Khrushchev’s approach to government was fundamentally similar to Brezhnev’s approach to government?

How significant was state control of the mass media and propaganda in sustaining the Soviet regime in the years 1917-85?

To what extent did government attitudes towards the family as a social unit change in the years 1917-85?

Study Extracts 1 and 2 in the Extracts Booklet before you answer this question.

In the light of differing interpretations, how convincing do you find the view that the USSR collapsed in 1991 because of a nationalist resurgence in the Soviet bloc?

To explain your answer, analyse and evaluate the material in both extracts, using your own knowledge of the issues.