Edexcel A-Level History: Russia 1917–1991 — From Lenin to Yeltsin (Paper 1)

Edexcel A-Level History (9HI0) Paper 1, Option 1E (Route E): a breadth study of the Soviet century — the 1917 revolutions, Lenin and the civil war, Stalin's command economy and terror, the Great Patriotic War, Khrushchev's reforms, Brezhnev-era stagnation, and Gorbachev's reforms and the collapse of the USSR — analysing communist government, economy, society and control across the whole period, with the Section C interpretations skill developed throughout.

What you'll cover

• The 1917 Revolutions & Bolshevik Power
• Lenin, Civil War & the NEP 1918–1924
• Stalin's Rise & the Defeat of Rivals 1924–1929
• The Stalinist Economy: Industrialisation & Collectivisation
• Terror, Purges & the Totalitarian State
• The Great Patriotic War & High Stalinism 1941–1953