Industrial and agricultural change in the USSR, 1917–1985 (Edexcel A Level History: Route E: Communist states in the twentieth century): Exam Questions

How far do you agree that the benefits of Stalin's economic policies outweighed the costs in the years 1928–50?

How far do you agree that the successes of Soviet economic policy outweighed the failures in the years 1945–64?

How far do you agree that the failures of Soviet economic policy outweighed the successes in the years 1917-53?

How accurate is it to say that the Bolsheviks' poor handling of the economy was the main reason for the difficulties faced by the Soviet regime in the years 1917–28?

How far do you agree that the successes of Soviet industrial policy outweighed the failures in the years 1953–85?

How far do you agree that the successes of Soviet economic policy outweighed the failures in the years 1921–41?

How accurate is it to say that War Communism and the New Economic Policy were driven by the same aims in the years 1918–28?

How far do you agree that collectivisation was more damaging to the Soviet countryside than any other agricultural policy in the years 1928–85?

How significant was foreign expertise and technology to Soviet industrial growth in the years 1917–85?

How far do you agree that Soviet economic policy was driven by political priorities rather than by economic logic in the years 1917–85?

How far do you agree that the Second World War was the most important influence on the development of the Soviet economy in the years 1938–53?

How accurate is it to say that Soviet economic growth depended more on adding new resources than on using existing resources more efficiently in the years 1928–85?

How accurate is it to say that the neglect of consumer goods was the greatest failure of Soviet economic policy in the years 1928–85?

How significant was peasant resistance in shaping Soviet agricultural policy in the years 1917–85?