OCR A-level history, Russia, 1894-1941 - How effectively did Lenin deal with the problems he faced between 1917 and 1924?

This large bundle of lessons aims to take students from the October Revolution to the introduction of the New Economic Policy. It coveres a range of key topics and events including:

1. How lenin secured the Bolshevik grip on power immediately after the revolution.
2. The closure of the Constituent Assembly.
3. The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
4. The Russian Civil War
5. The Red Terror and the assassination of the Romanov family.
6. War Communism and famine.
7. The Kronstadt Mutiny
8. The introduction of the NEP and its impact.

The bundle ends with a lesson designed to asses Lenin’s strengths and weaknesses as a leader.

All lessons designed with exam questions in mind and includes practice answers for students to complete, alongside essay planning activities.

A couple of activities require the following textbooks:

‘Communist Russia under Lenin and Stalin’ by Chris Corin and Terry Fiehn.
‘Russia, 1855-1991. From Tsars to Commissars’ by Peter Oxley.