The Soviet Union, 1917-1991

Position Papers

What is a "position paper"?

See Guidance on the preparation and presentation of position papers.

Position Papers

Links will be created to the following position papers as they become available:

  • Lenin's success in October 1917   Laura Sharkey

  • Kerensky's failure in 1917   ***

  • Trotsky's leadership   ***

  • Foreign intervention in the Russian Civil War   ***

  • Betraying the Revolution?   ***

  • Lenin's legacy   ***

  • Was Stalin necessary?   ***

  • Bukharin's alternative   ***

  • World Revolution?   ***

  • The Nazi-Soviet Pact   ***

  • Stalingrad   ***

  • "Uncle Joe"   ***

  • Origins of the Cold War   ***

  • The nature of Stalinism   ***

  • "De-Stalinisation"   ***

  • Cold War détente   ***

  • The "Gorby" phenomenon   ***

  • The August coup   ***


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