Sivukartta Sulje 20IB Authoritarian states: The Soviet Russia/ the USSR - Lenin & Stalin (HL & SL) This section in the IB Syllabus History & TOK 1A) Lenin's Russia: The establishment of the Soviet Union (1917-1924) 1B) Lenin's legacy 2) The struggle for power, 1924-29 3) Stalin's economic and social policies: 'Revolution from above' 4) Consolidation of Stalin's power: 'The Great Purge' and 'the Great Terror' 5) German invasion of Russia:"The Great Patriotic War"(1941-45) 6) The USSR until 1953/ Stalin's Soviet Union as an authoritarian state Textbook Exams Primary sources