IB History - International School of Toulouse

Although this is important background for Standard Level students, much of the examinable content of this first section is aimed at Higher Level students: HL subject 13 ‘Tsarist Russia to Communist USSR’ (Examination Paper 3).

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Marxism (and while we're about it) ideologies in general.

An understanding of ideologies and Marxism in particular, is essential to a thorough understanding of the 20th century. You might be asked questions about the importance of ideologies to a civil war or the extent to which Mao's China was communist.

1917: Year of Revolution

You might expect questions on these topic in both Paper 2 (Standard Level) and Paper 3 (Higher Level).

For all students the rule of the Soviet leader Lenin is ‘material for detailed study’ for Topic 3, The rise and rule of single-party states. The Russian Civil War is also a ‘named’ conflict in Topic 1 and offers a second opportunity to study the causes, practises and effects of war.

For Higher Level students only, Russia 1894-1924 also covers most of the content of ‘Tsarist Russia to Communist USSR’, (HL subject 13)

Lenin's Russia

The Cold War

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