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How to prepare for the Russian Revolution questions?

The first thing to keep in mind is that only the topics in the syllabus will be tested. Your essay question will be based around one, or a combination of the syllabus topics. For the Russian Revolution, that...
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Which was the most important battle in WWII?

According to many major historians, the most important battle was the Battle of Stalingrad. Stalingrad was the place that Nazi army loose for the first time before the Nazi army had earned the status of the ...
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To what extent did decisions about post-war Germany contribute to the breakdown of East-West relations between 1945 and 1949?

- Introduction: Show awareness that there is more than one model for explaining how disagreements over Germany led to the deterioration of East-West relations. - Key Arguments: Stalin’s objectives for Post W...
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Was Lenin's foreign policy a success of failure?

In order to answer this in an essay format, the student has to first critically analyse the question. What is meant by success and by failure? A success or a failure in who's eyes: Lenin's, Trotsky's, Stalin...
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Did Gorbachev’s policies of ‘Glasnost’ and ‘Perestroika’ catalyse the downfall of the USSR?

When examining the question, one can think ‘yes’ and then argue that it was both of the policies or one over the other (I have chosen the latter argument). One can also consider the ‘no’ approach. Most commo...
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