Unidad+II+Rusia+imperial,+revoluciones+y+surgimiento+del+estado+soviético,+1853-1924.

=Bibliografía para la Unidad de Rusia: =


 * BIENZOBAS CASTAÑO, Enrique (1994) //Rusia en el siglo XIX//, Madrid: Akal.**


 * Mc DONOUGH, Frank (2001) //Conflict, communism and fascism.// //Europe 1890-1945//, Cambridge: CUP.**


 * MEYER, B. (1999) //Rusia y sus imperios 1894-1991//, México: FCE.**


 * MURPHY, Derrick/ MORRIS, Terry (2008) //Russia 1855-1964//, Reino Unido: Harper Collins.**


 * PALMER, R. / COLTON, J. (1978) //Historia Contemporánea//, Madrid: Akal.**


 * SABORIDO, Jorge (2007) //Historia de la Unión Soviética//, Buenos Aires: Emecé.**

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==Alejandro II (1855-1881): emancipación de los siervos; reformas militares, legales, educativas y de los gobiernos locales; reacción posterior. ==


 * Preguntas de exámenes pasados sobre Alejandro II: **


 * Assess the strengths and weaknesses of Alexander II’s reforms. (Nov 2010)


 * “His measures of reform did not disguise his belief in the need to maintain autocratic rule.” To what extent do you agree with this view of Alexander II? (May 2010)


 * To what extent did Alexander II succeed in his attempts to modernize Russia? (Specimen paper)


 * To what extent did Alexander II’s policies succeed in fulfilling his aims? (Nov 2009)


 * What happened in Russia during the reign of Alexander II (1855–1881) was more of a revolution than many that went by that name elsewhere.” To what extent do you agree with the assertion that Alexander II’s policies were revolutionary? (May 2009)


 * Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of Russia in the second half of the nineteenth century. (May 2008)


 * “Despite his apparently liberal policies, Alexander II was just as conservative as Alexander III.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? (Nov 2007)


 * “Considering the difficulties he inherited, Alexander II of Russia should be praised not criticised for his reforms.” To what extent do you agree with this judgment? (May 2007)


 * To what extent did Alexander II’s reforms cause more problems than they solved? (Nov 2006)


 * Compare and contrast the policies of Alexander II (1855-81) and Alexander III (1881-94) of Russia. (May 2006)


 * For what reasons, and with what results, did Alexander II try to reform Russian institutions? (May 2005)

**Markscheme de estas preguntas **


 * Presentación Ppt Alejandro II: **[[file:Unidad 2 – Alejandro II de Rusia.ppt]]

= Políticas de Alejandro III (1881-1894) y de Nicolás II (1895-1917): retraso e intentos de modernización; naturaleza del zarismo; crecimiento de los movimientos de oposición. =


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">a) Preguntas de exámenes pasados sobre Alejandro III : **
 * Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of Russia in the second half of the nineteenth century. (May 2008)


 * “Despite his apparently liberal policies, Alexander II was just as conservative as Alexander III.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? (Nov 2007)


 * Compare and contrast the policies of Alexander II (1855-81) and Alexander III (1881-94) of Russia. (May 2006)


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Markscheme de estas preguntas: ** [[file:Alexander III - Marksceme notes.doc]]


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">b) Preguntas de exámenes pasados sobre el crecimiento de los movimientos de oposición y fortalezas y debilidades de Rusia en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX : **
 * Analyse the reasons for, and the nature of, opposition to tsardom in Russia between 1855 and 1894 (Nov 2005)


 * Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of Russia in the second half of the nineteenth century. (May 2008)


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Markscheme de estas preguntas: [[file:Opposition to zarfdom y strengths and weaknesses of Zarist Russia - Markscheme notes.doc]] **


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">c) Pregunta sobre Nicolás II ** :
 * Assess the successes and failures of Nicholas II between 1894 and 1917. (Nov 2008)


 * <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Markscheme de esta pregunta: **[[file:Nicholas II- Markscheme notes.doc]]

=<span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Importancia de la guerra ruso-japonesa; revolución de 1905; Stolypin y la Duma; el impacto de la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918) en Rusia. =


 * <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Pregunta de exámenes pasados: **
 * Why did Nicholas II survive the 1905 revolution, but lose his throne in theFebruary/ March 1917 revolution? (Nov 2005)


 * "The outbreak of war in 1914 postponed the downfall of Nicholas II but also contributed to his overthrow in the first 1917 Russian revolution.” To what extent do you agree with this statement? (Specimen)

**Markscheme de estas preguntas:**

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=<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Revoluciones de 1917: revolución de febrero/marzo; gobierno provisional y poder dual (sóviets); revolución bolchevique de octubre/noviembre; Lenin y Trotsky. =

= <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> In - class writing sobre Rusia en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX. Fecha de realización: 2 de agosto 2012 = = = =<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> = = = = = = =