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Book SynopsisA range of textbooks covering many of the options available on GCSE history specifications.
Table of Contents1. Russia's problems under Tsar Nicholas II; 2. The Tsar's opponents and supporters; 3. The events of 1905; 4. 1905 – the aftermath; 5. The First World War; 6. The March 1917 Revolution; Review: Events leading to the collapse of the Tsarist regime in 1917; 7. The Provisional Government and the Bolsheviks; 8. The fate of the Provisional Government; 9. The Bolsheviks seize power; 10. The Civil War; 11. The communist victory; 12. War Communism; 13. The New Economic Policy; Review: How the Bolsheviks gained control; 14. Trotsky and Stalin; 15. The rise of Stalin; 16. Collectivisation; 17. The Five-Year Plans; 18. The effects of the Five-Year Plans; Review: The impact of Stalin's economic policies; 19. The purges; 20. Threats to Stalin's power; 21. Stalin gains control; review: How did Stalin win and hold on to power?; 22. The Great Patriotic War; 23. Stalin's successors; Review: The Soviet Union after 1941.
