OCR A Level History A Unit Group 2 Non-British period study: Russia 1894-1941 June 2017 question paper Y219

Which of the following was of greater importance in the introduction of the NEP?

(i) The Kronstadt Rising

(ii) Famine in the countryside

Explain your answer with reference to both (i) and (ii).

* How important was the First World War in the abdication of Nicholas II in 1917?

Which of the following had a greater impact on the fall of the Provisional Government in November 1917?

(i) The Kornilov Revolt

(ii) The actions of Lenin

Explain your answer with reference to both (i) and (ii).

* Assess the importance of the purges in maintaining Stalin’s control over the USSR in the

period 1929–1941.