Year 12 Modern history (atar) unit 3
changes that transformed russia
General | War Communism | New Economic Policy | Creation of the USSR | Collectivisation | Five Year Plans
General
Bircher, R. (2017). Edexcel international GCSE (9-1) history, Russia and the Soviet Union, 1905-24. Pearson.
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Webb, J. (2009). War Communism, 1918-21: was War Communism an imposed ideology or a practical response to the Civil War? 20th Century History Review, 5(1). Gale General OneFile.
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New Economic Policy
AP Euro Bit by Bit with Paul Sargent. (2016, April 1). What was Lenin’s New Economic Policy? [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi5tWUSW6kA
Lynch, M. (2021). Reaction and revolution: Russia 1894-1924 (5th ed.). Hodder Education.
Moorhouse, D. (n.d.). New economic policy. https://schoolshistory.org.uk/topics/european-history/russia-soviet-union/new-economic-policy/
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Creation of the USSR
Collectivisation
Gavin, P. (2000). Stalin’s forced famine, 1932-1933. https://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/stalin.htm
Moorhouse, D. (2018). Collectivisation: agriculture under Stalin. https://schoolshistory.org.uk/topics/european-history/russia-soviet-union/collectivisation-agriculture-stalin/
Simkin, J. (2021). Collectivisation of agriculture. https://spartacus-educational.com/RUScollectivization.htm
TRT World. (2020, December 5). Holodomor: the planned starvation of millions of Ukrainians [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sB3g8K7n7I
This video gives a very brief overview (3 mins) of the impact of collectivisation in Ukraine. You will need to sign in to view this video.
University of Minnesota. (n.d.). Holodomor. https://cla.umn.edu/chgs/holocaust-genocide-education/resource-guides/holodomor
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Five Year Plans
AP Euro Bit by Bit with Paul Sargent. (2016, April 2). What were Stalin’s 5-year plans? [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns8yqdUH9ZE
Budd, S. (n.d.). Building socialism. http://www.mrbuddhistory.com/uploads/1/4/9/6/14967012/building_socialism.pdf
This page contains primary source material about the Five Year Plans. History Hit. (2016). What were Stalin’s five year plans? https://www.historyhit.com/first-five-year-plan-begins/
Roller, S. (2022). How did Stalin transform Russia’s economy? https://www.historyhit.com/how-did-stalin-transform-russias-economy/
Todd, A., & Waller, S. (2011). History for the IB diploma: origins and development of authoritarian and single party states. Cambridge University Press.
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