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Welcome to A2 History
A2 ContentTwo units:
• One examined unit (unit 3) on
The Making of Modern Britain, 1951- 2007 (30%)
and
• One coursework unit (unit 4), with a taught introduction then independent research to produce an extended essay of c. 3500 words with a c. 500 word evaluation and bibliography (20%)
Coursework Topic:
Russia
c.1900-2000
Russian leaders card sort
Cut out the leaders’ pictures and put them in chronological order.
Then name them using this list:
Lenin, Andropov, Gorbachev,
Nicholas II, Khrushchev, Stalin, Chernenko, Yeltsin, Brezhnev,
Russian leaders card sort
The People of Russia
Hello, I am Alexander. We are going to
compare the peoples.
% of Russian population in 1900 (based on the 1897 census)
ClergyNobilityOthersCossacksUrbanitesMerchants & honoured cit-izensPeasants
% of Russian population in 1900 (based on the 1897 census)
ClergyNobilityOthersCossacksUrbanitesMerchants & honoured cit-izensPeasants
The Peasantry c.1900In pairs write 5 words which describe a peasant’s life
The Urban Workers c.1985In pairs write 5 words which describe a worker’s life
The Aristocracy c.1900In pairs write 5 words which describe an aristocrat’s life
The ‘Oligarchs’ c.2000In pairs write 5 words which describe an oligarch’s life
Do you like my yacht people?
Chose one type of person and write
a Facebook profile for
them
About me:
I am a Russian peasant called Yuri. I mostly drink vodka and shout at my goat.
I work on common land owned by the mir growing potatoes, growing wheat and growing old.
The Peasantry c.1900Context
Context: The Peasantry• The peasants of Russia worked under a feudal system.
• They slogged all day on their own land then had to work on the land owned by the nobility.
• Most were poor, illiterate and uneducated.
• Some peasants, however, were quite well off.
Context: The Peasantry• Peasants lived a hand-to-mouth existence.
• If the harvest was good then life was ok.
• However, if the harvest was bad starvation would soon follow.
• In 1891 400,000 peasants died of starvation.
Context: The Peasantry
• Disease was common especially diphtheria, typhus and syphilis.
• Many peasants lived in squalor and a state of drunkenness.
• High levels of debt were common.
Context: The Aristocracy
Context: The Aristocracy
• The aristocracy in Russia made up just 1% of the population but owned 25% of the land.
• Few of the aristocracy spent much time on their estates.
• Instead they lived it up in St. Petersburg or Moscow.
Context: The Aristocracy
• Many aristocrats had important jobs in government.
• But their appointment was based on status rather than talent.
• This led to a lot of useless idiots running the country.
The aristocracy enjoyed plush homes filled with tat like this. Estimated value: £ 9 million
The Winter Palace
Ur
a l s
What problems governing Russia might the Tsar have?
Pretty nippy, -40°C
No sea route
Single track railway
Russia compared to the USSR
In the USSR all power belongs to the working people of town and country as represented by the Soviets of Working People's Deputies
The Emperor of all the Russias is an autocratic and unlimited monarch: God himself ordains that all must bow to his supreme power, not only out of fear but also out of conscience
Your task
• Put the Russian leaders in chronological order,
• Identify 3 similarities in the nature of Russian government across the period
• Identify 3 changes in the nature of Russian government across the period
• Which two leaders are the most similar?
• Which two leaders are the most different?
• What patterns or themes in Russian history can you see from these biographies?
Similarities & Differences Similarities Differences
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