RUSSIA UNDER TSARISM AND COMMUNISM 1881-1953 2ND ED

Depend on SHP s comprehensive and best-selling core texts to enrich your understanding of A Level History. SHP Advanced History Core Texts are the Schools History Project s acclaimed books for A level History. They offer: – clear and penetrating narrative – comprehensively explaining the content required for examination success – thought provoking and relevant activities that explore the content and help students think analytically about the subject – thorough exam preparation through carefully designed tasks that address the distinctive requirements of A Level history including guidance in essay writing and source-based investigations. – a wide range of revision strategies including structured content summaries Additional features include: – A focus route pathway for independent learners – Learning Trouble Spots – which address common misunderstandings – diagrammatic summaries of key areas of content and historical issues – accessible summaries of recent historical debates. – active learning approaches, including decision-making exercises Russia under Tsarism and Communism 1881-1953 this title is a comprehensive core text on Russian history from 1881 to the death of Stalin. It is a second edition of the bestselling Communist Russia under Lenin and Stalin. This second edition is extended to cover the Tsarist pre-revolutionary period. Major themes include – the nature of Tsarist rule in Russia and the causes and consequences of the 1905 revolution; – the causes and consequences of the Russian Revolution in 1917; – the nature, the achievements and failures of Lenin s and Stalin s Communist regimes; – the ongoing historiographical debate about this period and the current reinterpretations of it. Other improvements for this second edition include more streamlined coverage of Stalin s foreign policy.