5-14. Paper 4 Questions

Today you are going to work on answering Paper 4 Exam Questions…!

We will use the following pages from your exam preparation Booklet:

page 62
page 69

DEPTH STUDY C: RUSSIA, 1905–41

QUESTION 5.

(same as Q2, p.69)

How important was the First World War in the fall of Tsarist rule in Russia? Explain your answer. [40]

QUESTION 6.

(similar to Q-8, p.69)

How far did the peoples of the USSR benefit from Stalin’s rule in the period 1928 to 1941? Explain your answer. [40]

QUESTION 1.

How secure was Tsarist rule on the outbreak of the First World War in 1914? Explain your answer. [40]

QUESTION 2.

(same as Q5, p.62)

How important was the First World War in the fall of Tsarist rule in Russia? Explain your answer. [40]

QUESTION 3.

‘The Bolsheviks caused the November 1917 Revolution.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [40]

QUESTION 4.

How significant was the contribution of Trotsky in preserving the Bolshevik Revolution in the period 1917–24? Explain your answer. [40]

QUESTION 5.

‘The Bolsheviks won the Russian Civil War because the Whites lacked support.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [40]

QUESTION 6.

How far did collectivization bring benefits to the USSR by 1941? Explain your answer. [40]

QUESTION 7.

‘Stalin’s changes in agriculture and industry were successful.’ How far do you agree? Explain your answer. [40]

QUESTION 8.

(similar to Q-6, p.62)

‘Stalin’s rule brought little benefit to the people of the USSR.’ How far do you agree with this statement? Explain your answer. [40]

Go back to the following lessons, and look specifically at the 10-mark questions on Russian. All these 10-mark questions from Paper 1 could be asked as 40-mark essay questions in Paper 4. (The only difference is that the questions usually start with “How important” or “How significant”. For 40 marks you need to answer in more depth, giving more details.)

Look at the following lessons for LOADS of Paper 4 exam Questions…