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The Russian Revolution: did communism completely transform Russian society? 

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In this unit, pupils learn about Karl Marx's theories regarding communism and the conduct and impact of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. They examine the Russian Civil War and Russian society in the 1920s and 30s, allowing them to judge the extent to which communism changed Russia.

This unit uses and builds on the previous unit which focused on the First World War. It also builds on all units where pupils have developed knowledge about government, protest and democracy, which occur across key stages 1, 2 and 3. This unit prepares pupils for the following unit to give context to the role of the USSR in World War Two, but also provides necessary context for key stage 4 units about the Cold War, where again the USSR features heavily and the ideology of communism is referenced.

  1. Karl Marx and communism
  2. Tsarist Russia
  3. The Bolsheviks
  4. The Russian Civil War, 1918-21
  5. Soviet Russia in the 1920s and 1930s
  6. The extent to which communism changed Russia

  • Pupils know that revolutions seek to change the way in which countries are governed.
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