Cambridge IGCSE History
DS-C2How did the Bolsheviks gain power, and how did they consolidate their rule?
How did the Bolsheviks gain power, and how did they consolidate their rule? 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: the Provisional Government and the Soviets; reasons for its failure; the Bolshevik seizure of power and the role of Lenin; Bolshevik rule, the Civil War and War Communism; the Kronstadt Rising and the New Economic Policy.
Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- DS-C2.1Assess how effectively the Provisional Government ruled Russia in 1917.
- DS-C2.2Explain why the Bolsheviks were able to seize power in November 1917.
- DS-C2.3Explain why the Bolsheviks won the Civil War.
- DS-C2.4Assess how far the New Economic Policy was a success.
Lessons
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Bolshevik rule, the Civil War and the NEP, 1917-1924
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The Russian revolutions of 1917
40 min
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