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(well to do peasants) in Russia.
54. Mention the important steps taken by Lenin to improve the agriculture and 3 42 K
economy of Russia.
55. Mention any five changes introduced by Stalin in the Russian economy. How did 5 44 K
Stalin deal with the critics?
56. What steps were taken to improve the condition of factory workers and peasants 3 41 K
in Russia after the civil war?
57. Explain any five measures adopted by the Bolsheviks to make a socialist society in 5 40 U
Russia .

58. Explain any five changes made in Russia after the October revolution. 5 39 U
59. Mention any three changes that the Bolsheviks brought in Russia after 1917 3/5 39 K

Revolution.
60. Discuss the role and importance of Lenin in the history of the USSR. OR 5 36,40 U
Examine the role of Lenin in Russian Revolution. ,42

61. Discuss Stalin’s collectivisation programme. 5 44 U

THE GLOBAL INFLUENCE OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION AND
THEUSSR
62. Explain the impact of the Russian Revolution on the world/ Explain the 5 46 U
globalinfluence of the Russian Revolution and the USSR.
SOURCES
63. Read the sources given below and answer the questionsthat follows :
Source A — Industrial Society and Social Change
Liberals and radicals themselves were often propertyowners and employers. Having
made their wealththrough trade or industrial ventures, they felt that
such effort should be encouraged — that its benefitswould be achieved if the
workforce in the economy washealthy and citizens were educated. Opposed to
theprivileges the old aristocracy had by birth, they firmlybelieved in the value of
individual effort, labour andenterprise.
Source B —After February
In industrial areas, factory committees were formedwhich began questioning the way
industrialists rantheir factories. Trade unions grew in number. soldiers’committees
were formed in the army. In June, about500 Soviets sent representatives to an All
RussianCongress of Soviets. As the Provisional Governmentsaw its power reduce and
Bolshevik influence grow, itdecided to take stern measures against the
spreadingdiscontent.
Source C — The Civil War
‘The Kirghiz welcomed the first revolution (i.e.February Revolution) with joy and the
secondrevolution with consternation and terror ... [This]first revolution freed them
from the oppression of theTsarist regime and strengthened their hope that ...autonomy
would be realised. The second revolution(October Revolution) was accompanied by
violence, pillage, taxes and the establishment of dictatorialpower ... Once a small
group of Tsarist bureaucratsoppressed the Kirghiz. Now the same group of people...
perpetuate the same regime ...Kazakh leader in 1919, quoted in Alexander
Bennigsenand Chantal Quelquejay, Les Mouvements Nationauxchez les Musulmans
de Russie, (1960).
Source A — Industrial Society and Social Change
23 (1) How did the liberals and radicals want todevelop societies ?
23 (2) What were the steps taken by the provisionalgovernment to stop Bolshevik
influence ?
— The Civil War
23 (3) Do you think that Kirghiz did not havesufficient autonomy under soviet Russia