History of the USSR: From Revolution to Disintegration (c. 1917 – 1991) — DU History Honours Previous Year Question Papers
- Programme
- History Honours
- Paper type
- DSE
- Paper code
- 2313100009
- Exam years
- 2024–2026
History of the USSR: From Revolution to Disintegration (c. 1917 – 1991) is a DSE paper in Semester V of History Honours at Delhi University (paper code 2313100009). 5 previous year question papers from 2024–2026 are listed below; view or download each original PDF.
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What was asked in the 2026 History of the USSR: From Revolution to Disintegration (c. 1917 – 1991) paper?
Text of the DU question paper (UPC 2313100009), so you can see what gets asked before opening a PDF.
1. The February Revolution is often called a spontaneous uprising. Analyse the long-term and short-term factors that weakened the Tsarist autocracy and led to its collapse.
2. Explain the debate between Bukharin and Preobrazhensky on industrialization. Which view finally prevailed, and why?
3. Why were the 'Great Purges' carried out by Stalin? How did it impact the communist party and the peasantry?
4. Discuss the objectives of Soviet foreign policy during the period 1945-1953.
Discuss the main features of the policy of "Peaceful Coexistence" and assess its success in reducing global tensions between 1956 and 1964.
5. What do you understand by de-Stalinisation? How did it play out in Soviet domestic Policy during the period of Khrushchev?
6. What was Gorbachev's New Thinking in the context of foreign policy? What was its impact on the Cold War?
7. Analyse the role of the "Nationalities Question" in the disintegration of the USSR. Did
Gorbachev's reforms create centrifugal forces he could not control?
8. Write short notes on any two of the following a) Scissors Crisis b) Gender relations during Stalin c) Socialist realism in art and literature d) 20th Party Congress
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- The Unique Paper Code for History of the USSR: From Revolution to Disintegration (c. 1917 – 1991) in History Honours is 2313100009.
- Which semester is History of the USSR: From Revolution to Disintegration (c. 1917 – 1991) taught in?
- History of the USSR: From Revolution to Disintegration (c. 1917 – 1991) is a DSE paper in Semester V of History Honours, according to DU's published scheme.