20IB Authoritarian states: The Soviet Russia/ the USSR - Lenin & Stalin (HL & SL)

Themes concerning authoritarian states

* The origins and historical contexts that led to the rise of authoritarian and single-party states
* The role of leaders and ideologies in the rise to power, and the nature of the states that emerged
* The methods used to establish and maintain power in such states (e.g. the elimination of the rivals and the enemies)
* The domestic economic and social policies of such regimes, their impact and the success or failure of such policies