A level History

My Revision Notes A2 OCR History: Russia and its Rulers, 1855–1964

Section 1: Russian rulers

• Alexander II (1818–1881)
• Alexander III (1845–1894)
• Nicholas II (1868–1918)
• The Provisional Government (March–October 1917)
• V.I. Lenin (1870–1924)
• J. Stalin (1879–1953)
• Power struggles
• Nikita Khrushchev (1894–1971)

Section 2: The nature of government

• Autocracy
• Dictatorship
• Totalitarianism
• Change and continuity in central administration
• Methods of repression and enforcement
• The extent and impact of reform
• The extent and effectiveness of opposition before 1917
• The extent and effectiveness of opposition after 1917

Section 3: The impact of dictatorial regimes on the economy and society of the Russian Empire and USSR

• Changes to urban living conditions
• Changes to rural living conditions
• Changes to urban working conditions
• Changes to rural working conditions
• Limitations on personal and political freedom
• Limitations on religious freedom
• Extent of economic change
• Extent of social change

Section 4: The impact of war and revolution on the development of Russian government

• The Crimean War, 1853–1856
• The Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878
• The Russo-Japanese War, 1904–1905, and the 1905 Revolution
• The First World War, 1914–1918
• February and October Revolutions, 1917
• The Civil War, 1917–1922
• The Second World War, 1939–1945
• The Cold War, 1947–1991