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Core Study: Power and Authority in the Modern World 1919-1946
Quick questions on Stalin's rise to power in the USSR: HSC Modern History Core Study
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What is lenin's Testament?Show answer
Lenin dictated a Testament (December 1922 to January 1923) assessing each leader. He warned that Stalin had "concentrated enormous power in his hands" and criticised his "rudeness" after a quarrel between Stalin and Lenin's wife Krupskaya. He recommended Stalin's removal as General Secretary. The Central Committee, persuaded by Zinoviev and Kamenev (who feared Trotsky more), voted in May 1924 not to publish the document.
What is q1?Show answer
Source A is an extract from Lenin's Testament (4 January 1923): "Stalin is too rude, and this defect...
What is q2?Show answer
Evaluate the extent to which Stalin's rise to power between 1924 and 1929 was the result of his political skill rather than the weaknesses of his rivals. [25 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Compare the views of Robert Service and Stephen Kotkin on Stalin's character in the 1920s. [10 marks]
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