1. In what ways did Lenin & Stalin govern the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)? Consider what actions the two men and what life under their dictatorships was like.
2. Do you think life for the average Russian citizen was better or worse under the totalitarian Soviet regime of the 1930s than it had been under the czars? Explain your answer
3. Why did the Bolshevik Revolution succeed after earlier revolutions in Russia had failed? In particular, what factors made it possible to have revolution in 1917 after many years or failed attempts?
4. How and in what ways did Stalin's Five-Year Plans benefit the Soviet Union? How and in what ways did they harm it? Offer detailed information of how these plans impacted Soviet society?
