 | How strong was the Tsarist regime in 1914? The nature of Russian society in 1914 France and Japan. The vast majority of Russians were peasant farmers who lived an almost medieval existence of dependence upon the soil and the local aristocracy 53.61 Kb.  1 | read |
| Key Topic 3: Stalin’s Russia, 1924-41 The struggle for power Joseph Djugashvili was born in 1879 in Georgia in southern Russia. At some point in the years from 1907 to 1914, he changed his name from Djugashvili to Stalin. This meant ‘man of steel’ 65.51 Kb. 1 | read |
 | I. Why did Stalin want to industrialize Russia? When Joseph Stalin came to power in the mid-1920s, the Soviet Union was a vast but under-developed country, mostly agricultural with little industry. Russians had been through World War 1, two revolutions in 1917, civil war and famine 19.43 Kb. 1 | read |
| - Within 30 years of his accession to power, Stalin had made a peasant country into a global superpower, but at a cost that was merciless: some have even claimed 50-70 million Soviet lives. How did he do it? 178.28 Kb. 1 | read |
| Unit 1: Aspects of International Relations, 1919-2005 Chapter 1: Were the peace treaties of 1919-1923 fair? Page 16 How far were the German people dissatisfied with the terms of the Treaty of Versailles? (10 marks) 87.44 Kb. 1 | read |
| Russia under Joseph Stalin Stalin gained the effective leadership of Russia in 1929. Stalin's time as leader of Russia was to gain fame for three reasons 51.83 Kb. 1 | read |
| Stalin dbq #1 Communist rule in Russia through a series of Five Year Plans, creating a command economy, and ultimately by setting up a totalitarian state 6.17 Kb. 1 | read |
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