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Russia and the Soviet Union - Wiki Task

Students will be allocated a topic from the syllabus. They will be required to do the following:


 * Research that topic according to the scaffolded headings
 * Students will present their information in the hyperlinked wiki page.
 * Write a discussion question relevant to the topic you have researched.
 * Students are then required to participate in at least three discussion questions as asked by their peers.

Topic pages can be accessed via the hyperlinks below:

Students learn about:

1	Bolshevik consolidation of power –	Lenin and the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917 –	main features of Communist (Bolshevik) ideology at the time of the revolution –	social and political reforms of the Bolshevik government –	significance of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk –	the Civil War and aims, nature and impact of War Communism –	the New Economic Policy (NEP)

2	Stalin’s rise to power –	power struggle between Trotsky and Stalin and its immediate aftermath –	reasons for the triumph of Stalin as leader of the USSR

3	The Soviet State under Stalin –	Stalin’s role in the Soviet state –	introduction of collectivisation and industrialisation (Five Year Plans) –	Stalinism as totalitarianism –	impact of purges, show trials and ‘the Terror’ on the Communist Party and Soviet society –	impact of Stalinism on society, culture and the economy

4	Soviet foreign policy –	changing nature of Soviet foreign policy: aims and strategies 1917–1941 –	impact of changing ideology on Soviet foreign policy 1917–1941