Essay Plans

Question 1

Opposition: peasant

Answer 1

• A2- emancipation, 300-647, forced change
• A3- reactionary conservatism diminshed opposition
• N2- 1906-1907 black earth revolts, forced stolypin to carry put land reforms
• Lenin- unhappy with WC- so changed to NEP
• Stalin- collectivisation, cattle slaughtered, largely pacified through dekulakisation and purges
• Khrushchev- faced opposition from peasants following failure of VLS

Question 2

Opposition: worker

Answer 2

• A2- very limited, mainly in response to no industrialisation, not revolutionary or ideologically motivated
• A3- 1885 strike at Moro on dye works, involved 8000 workers, protesting for 8 hours working day.
• N2- Bloody Sunday- forced change- oct man, abdication forced through worker opposition about strikes
• Lenin- dictatorship of the proletariat was not formed, WC to NEP as many became disillusioned, alienated workers
• Stalin- generally less as a result of 5YP
• kchev- novocherkassk

Question 3

Opposition: political

Answer 3

• A2- peoples will, initial success as demonstrated vulnerability of tsarist regime, but long term consequences not good
• A3- destruction of the peoples will, manifesto of unshakeable autocracy
• N2- liberals like Kadets and octobrists, constitutional monarchy, formed as a result of the oct man BUT FL
• Lenin- Oct revolution- formed party, presented paper “on party unity”, banning factionalism
• Stalin- removed opposition, bukharin opposed collectivisation, branded a factionalist, removed from politburo
• kchev- Hungarian uprising

Question 4

Nationalities