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What is the most effective way to analyse a primary source in order to maximise my marks for the exam?

When analysing a source question, you must understand the two-fold approach to the question at hand. For example, most source questions will follow the structure, 'with reference to the sources and your unde...
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How accurate is it to say that Stalin’s use of terror in the 1930s was fundamentally similar to Lenin’s use of terror in the years 1918–24?

This question is fundamentally asking a question of continuity, it is asking whether the use of regime terror during Stalin's authority was essentially a continuity of the use of terror during Lenin's reign....
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Lenin and Stalin were equally ruthless in their use of terror - how far do you agree with this statement?

On the surface, Lenin and Stalin were equally ruthless in their use terror. However, by virtue of the length and intensity of Stalin's communist state, the very culture of Russia changes to one of permanent ...
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To what extent was the Great Terror a result of ecconomic difficulties within the Soviet Union?

The Great Terror certainly held origins within the economic difficulties and outcomes of Joseph Stalin's policies of collectivisation and industrialisation, which fundamentally re-structured all elements of ...
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How do I answer a 25 mark answer?

Example Question: In an exam you should have 50 minutes for this type of question ‘To what extent were the claims of the early Stuarts to rule by Divine Right the most important reason for the breakdown of C...
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