Paper 2 : Russia in Revolution : 1914 - 1924

• The Impact of First World War
• Russian defeats on the Eastern Front 1914-1916
• Economic, social and political effects of war on Russia
• Influence of Rasputin
• Impact of Winter of 1916-1917
• The February Revolution
• Immediate causes of the February Revolution, especially events in Petrograd
• The Army Mutiny
• Abdication of Tsar
• Setting up of Provisional Government
• The Bolshevik seizure of power
• Weaknesses and mistakes of the Provisional Government
• The Petrograd Soviet
• The activities of Lenin and the Bolsheviks
• July Days and Kornilov Revolt
• Key events of the Bolshevik takeover
• Reasons for success of Bolsheviks, especially roles of Lenin and Trotsky
• Civil War
• Bolshevik consolidation of power
• Decrees, Constituent Assembly and Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
• The two sides in the Civil War
• Key events and reasons for Bolshevik victory
• War Communism
• Reasons for and effects of War Communism
• The Kronstadt Mutiny
• New Economic Policy (NEP)
• Reasons for and effects of the NEP
• Opposition to the new policy
• Death of Lenin

IGCSE Edexcel Russia Revolution 1914-1924 Specification Point Notes