Taking you through AQA A2 History of the Soviet Union in as little time and as little pain as possible... see you on results day!

EXAM DATE:

16 June 2010, AM

Unit Two

Unit Two - Destalinisation, 1953-68

Unit consists of - 

  • Part One (click HERE to read about this!)
  • Part Two (click HERE to read about this!)
  • Part Three (click HERE to read about this!)
Sample exam questions -
  • To what extent was Khrushchev's downfall due to the USSR's relationship with the Eastern Bloc?
  • Khrushchev's fall from power in 1964 owed less to his own shortcomings than to the impossibility of modifying Stalinism in the USSR - to what extent do you agree? (old A2, 2007)
  • His greatest accomplishment was ending the reign of fear  - how valid a judgement of Khrushchev is this?
  • To what extent did Khrushchev's policies affect the everyday lives of the Russian people?