Cambridge IGCSE History
DS-C3How did Stalin gain and hold on to power?
How did Stalin gain and hold on to power? in Cambridge IGCSE History: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Overview
Specified content: Lenin's death and the struggle for power; reasons for Stalin's emergence by 1928; Stalin's dictatorship (terror, the Purges, propaganda and official culture).
Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- DS-C3.1Explain why Stalin, and not Trotsky, emerged as Lenin's successor.
- DS-C3.2Explain why Stalin launched the Purges.
- DS-C3.3Describe the methods Stalin used to control the Soviet Union.
- DS-C3.4Assess how complete Stalin's control was by 1941.
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Stalin's rise to power and his dictatorship
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