<p>2012</p><p>To what extent was it military defeat rather than the actions of the Bolsheviks that brought about the downfall of the Provisional Government?</p><p>How far was Red victory in the Civil War due to superior economic resources?</p><p>How significant was the Kronstadt Rebellion in bringing about the end of War Communism?</p><p>“Federalism was nothing but a cover for a centralised dictatorship based in Moscow.” How valid is this view of Soviet policy regarding national minorities 1917–1924?</p><p>To what extent were the Purges prompted mainly by social and economic factors?</p><p>2011</p><p>How far is it true to say that the February Revolution was “born in the bread queues” of Petrograd?</p><p>“No Russian government had ever been more responsive to pressure from below or less able to impose its will on society.” How accurate is this assessment of Bolshevik economic policy 1917–1921?</p><p>To what extent was Stalin’s success in the leadership struggle due to his opponents underestimating him?</p><p>How effective was Stalin’s policy of industrialisation in achieving its aims by 1941?</p><p>How significant was the contribution of the Soviet generals to victory in the Great Patriotic War?</p><p>2010</p><p>To what extent was October a “proletarian revolution” rather than a “coup d’état”?</p><p>How far was the outcome of the Civil War determined by the actions of the Allies rather than the policies of the Bolsheviks?</p><p>Was the NEP anything more than a desperate response to desperate economic and political circumstances?</p><p>How valid is the view that Stalin emerged as the leader of Russia mainly because he was able to present himself as the true heir of Lenin?</p><p>What factors best explain why the Soviet Union’s wartime alliance with UK and the USA developed into the hostility of the Cold War after 1945? 2009</p><p>To what extent was the collapse of Tsarist autocracy by February 1917 due to social and economic, rather than military, factors?</p><p>How far were Bolshevik ideals sacrificed in the pursuit of power by 1921?</p><p>How important was the issue of leadership in determining the outcome of the Civil War, 1917–1921?</p><p>How effective was the policy of collectivisation in achieving its aims?</p><p>To what extent was the mobilisation of economic resources the key factor leading to Soviet victory in the Great Patriotic War?</p><p>2008</p><p>“A revolution that no-one expected, planned or controlled.” How valid is this view of the February Revolution?</p><p>To what extent was Bolshevik foreign policy between 1917–1924 faithful to the ideology of international revolution?</p><p>How successful was NEP in tackling the economic and political problems facing the Bolsheviks in the 1920s?</p><p>To what extent was Trotsky responsible for his own downfall in the 1920s?</p><p>Were the Purges and the Terror no more than a product of Stalin’s paranoia?</p><p>What factors best explain the Soviet Union’s recovery from its initial defeat by Nazi Germany in 1941–1942?</p><p>2007</p><p>Why were so few Russians prepared to defend Tsarism in February 1917?</p><p>What were the most significant factors which led to the emergence of a one-party dictatorship between 1917 and 1921?</p><p>How successful was Lenin’s foreign policy 1917–1924?</p><p>How important were policy issues in Stalin’s rise to power?</p><p>How successful were the Five Year Plans, 1928–1941?</p><p>What were the main issues which influenced Soviet foreign policy in the post-war period 1945–1953?</p>