AQA - AS GCE Historical Issues: Periods of Change Unit 2 HIS2L
The Impact of Stalin's Leadership in the USSR, 1924-1941
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Sample questions
(a) Explain why Stalin purged the armed forces in the 1930s. [12 marks]
(b) ‘The Terror ensured that the USSR was well prepared for war in 1941.’
Explain why you agree or disagree with this view. [24 marks]