17/02/2026

The Great Famine

Consequences of collectivisation: evidence on the impact of forced agricultural change in the USSR and links to Lysenkoism and agrarian science under Stalin.

Relevant for A Level History:

  • AQA A-Level – Revolution and dictatorship: Russia, 1917–1953
    Study of collectivisation and rural change within Stalin’s USSR (impact on peasants, famine, state control).

  • Edexcel A-Level – Communist States in the Twentieth Century: Russia, 1917–91
    Topic on industrial and agricultural change, including forced collectivisation and its consequences.

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