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AQA A-Level History Russia - Similarities and
Differences between Lenin's Russia and Stalin's USSR
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Similarities
Ans: Centralised nature of government
Strict control of the party
Using terror to control
Attitudes towards culture - religion
Suppressing the peasantry
Differences
Ans: Lenin didn't use terror in the party
Lenin anted national minorities to remain in the Soviet Union by choice
Lenin's centralised state was forced on him due to the aftermath of the October
Revolution - doubtful Lenin would have envisaged that extent of centralisation
that Stalin achieved
Use of terror
Ans: Lenin used it as a tool of government to crush opposition
Stalin extended the use of terror to implement his economic reforms - kulaks
Stalin used terror inside the party
'Socialist Man'
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AQA A-Level History Russia - Similarities and
Differences between Lenin's Russia and Stalin's USSR
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest Update /
Already Graded
Similarities
Ans: Centralised nature of government
Strict control of the party
Using terror to control
Attitudes towards culture - religion
Suppressing the peasantry
Differences
Ans: Lenin didn't use terror in the party
Lenin anted national minorities to remain in the Soviet Union by choice
Lenin's centralised state was forced on him due to the aftermath of the October
Revolution - doubtful Lenin would have envisaged that extent of centralisation
that Stalin achieved
Use of terror
Ans: Lenin used it as a tool of government to crush opposition
Stalin extended the use of terror to implement his economic reforms - kulaks
Stalin used terror inside the party
'Socialist Man'
© 2025/ 2026 | ® All rights reserved
