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16: The Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia (1924–2000)

This topic covers the dramatic events in the Soviet Union from Stalin's  establishment of a totalitarian state through economic and political stagnation to the collapse of Stalin's legacy in 1989 and the problems of the post-Soviet era.

Specifically this section covers:

  • Stalin's defeat of Trotsky in the leadership race, Stalin's economic policies and his increase in political control through propaganda and the Terror
  • The USSR's victory in the Great Patriotic War and the political and economic developments after the war up to 1953
  • The domestic and foreign policies of Khrushchev and Brezhnev
  • The impact of Gorbachev's perestroika and glasnost
  • The collapse of the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia up to 2000

1. Stalin's rise to power and rule (1924 - 1941)

2. Stalin's rule (1941 - 1953)

3. Khrushchev

4. Brezhnev

5. Gorbachev (1985 - 1991) (ATL)

6. Post Soviet Russia to 2000 (ATL)

7. The Soviet Union and Russia: Essay frames and writing exercises

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8. The Soviet Union and Russia: Graded student essays

9. The Soviet Union and Russia: Videos and activities

The Soviet Union and Russia: Extra resources

The Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia: quizzes

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