something is communist if it relates to the belief that wealth should be shared equally and people should be treated as equals

something is capitalist if it relates to a system where some people own industry privately and make profit for themselves

the bourgeoisie are members of the middle classes

the proletariat are members of the industrial working classes

the aristocracy are the highest social class, usually in countries that have a royal family

Karl Marx and communism

History

This knowledge will provide pupils with an understanding of the significance and reality of different political approaches that existed across Europe in the 20th Century. It will also help pupils understand the rise of democratic socialism throughout the post-war period (Y9).

Pupils will have an understanding of the power of new ideas through their studies of the Renaissance (Y7), the Reformation (Y8) and the Enlightenment (Y8)

The Russian Revolution: did communism completely transform Russian society? 

the Duma was a Russian parliament set up in 1906

a ruler has absolute power if they can act as they wish without any restrictions

Tsarist Russia

exile involves being sent or kept away from your own country, usually for political reasons

something is provisional if it is only temporary

something is seized if it is taken suddenly and by force

a secret police force is used to make opposition to a government weaker, often using illegal and violent methods

The Bolsheviks

a civil war is a conflict between people from the same country

minorities are small groups of people within a country who differ from the main population in race, religion, culture or language

requisitioning is an act which involves officials taking something from others

The Russian Civil War, 1918-21

a dictatorship is a country where the leaders have absolute power

a purge involves getting rid of people who do not agree with you

a gulag was part of a system of work prisons set up in the USSR

the process of developing a country's manufacturing industries is known as industrialisation

collectivisation was a policy which reorganised Soviet agriculture to work as a system of large, modernised farms

Soviet Russia in the 1920s and 1930s

differences in how many valuable things people own, such as land or businesses, can be described as wealth inequality

members of the most powerful group in a society can be described as elites

The Russian Revolution: did communism completely transform Russian society?

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