Power and privilege

Description:

Medieval and early modern times - The early nineteenth century, the peasantry, taxation and the redistribution of wealth - Great reforms and the rise of a revolutionary movement - 1905 Revolution - Economic and social change in early twentieth century - The February Revolution - Civil war and the origins of a new social order - New Economic Policy - Collectivisation and industrialisation - Joseph Stalin - The Great Patriotic War - Impact of war - The Cold War - Reforming the Stalinist system - CHange from 1964 to 1982 - Perestroika and the end of the Soviet experiment - Reasons for failure.

subjects: History,  Emperor of Russia Peter I,  Russia - History - 1894-1917,  Soviet Union - History - 1917-1921, Revolution,  Agriculture - Russia,  Soviet Union - History,  Feudalism,  Joseph Stalin,  Leon Trotsky,  Capitalism,  Communism - Russia,  Communism - Soviet Union,  Russia - Politics and government,  Soviet Union - Politics and government,  World War, 1914-1918 - Russia,  Russia - Economic conditions,  Russia - History,  Soviet Union - Economic conditions,  Soviet Union - Economic policy,  Czar of Russia Ivan IV,  Nikita Khrushchev,  Vladmir Ilyich Lenin,  Karl Marx,  Communism,  Socialism

Places: Russia,  Soviet Union