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What was the significance of President Reagan in ending the Cold War?

The Triumphalist school of historical thought will argue that it was President Reagan's policies that forced the end of the Cold War. His massive increase in defence spending (about a 50% increase in the 198...
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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 would I approach a 'to what extent...' question in my exam?

This type of question may seem very complicated but when broken down into steps becomes much more simple. A question asking 'to what extent...' you believe that something had an impact on something else is r...
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