This lesson begins at the end of the Russian Civil war and establishes a Bolshevik Russia faced with multiple domestic threats. It allows students to establish an understanding of the economic and social problems in the countryside and in the cities, as well as the opposition which the Bolsheviks faced. It therefore shows how Lenin was forced to make a “retreat” from his communist economic policies in order to allow recovery and thus prevent opposition. Included in the lesson are key events such as the Kronstadt Mutiny and the “Ban on Factions” at the 10th Party Congress but also a clear defining of what the NEP actually meant for the Russian economy.
Lesson used for multiple years and recently updated.
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OCR A-level history, Russia, 1894-1941 - Was the NEP the 'great defeat which Lenin described?
This bundle of two lessons allows students to evaluate the NEP as an economic policy. The first lesson introduces the problems faced by the Bolsheviks at the end of the Civil War, such as the famine of 1920 and the Kronstadt Mutiny, and therefore goes through why the NEP was needed for the survival of the Bolsheviks. The second lesson allows students to identify successes and failures of the NEP according to a Bolshevik perspective. It works largely with statistics to indicate the economic impacts of the NEP however, the ideological anxieties surrounding the NEP are also considered. The lessons helps students to draw out that the NEP was successful in aiding recovery but following the crisis of 1927/8 was not allowing Russia to make significant progress. All fully resourced and recently updated. Does have one homework which required ‘Communist Russia under Lenin and Stalin’ by Chris Corin and Terry Fiehn.
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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.
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