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Control of the people, 1917–85: Edexcel A‑Level History questions

Every Edexcel A-Level History exam question on Control of the people, 1917–85, 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

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    June 2025 · Paper 1E

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    June 2024 · Paper 1E

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    June 2023 · Paper 1E

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    June 2022 · Paper 1E

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    November 2021 · Paper 1E

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All 11 questions on Control of the people, 1917–85, as a list
  1. June 2025, Paper 1E, Q3 (20 marks): How accurate is it to say that, in the years 1917–85, Soviet government policy on the arts and culture changed?
  2. June 2024, Paper 1E, Q1 (20 marks): How accurate is it to say that, in the years 1917–28, Bolshevik control of the mass media and propaganda was the main reason for the consolidation of the Soviet
  3. June 2024, Paper 1E, Q3 (20 marks): How significant was the role of the secret police in sustaining the Soviet regime in the years 1953–85?
  4. June 2023, Paper 1E, Q3 (20 marks): How accurate is it to say that Soviet policy on religion under Lenin and Stalin was markedly different from Soviet policy on religion under Khrushchev and Brezh
  5. June 2022, Paper 1E, Q3 (20 marks): How accurate is it to say that the Soviet leadership’s policy on the arts and culture remained remarkably consistent in the years 1953–85?
  6. November 2021, Paper 1E, Q3 (20 marks): How accurate is it to say that the personality cult of Stalin was markedly different from the personality cults of Khrushchev and Brezhnev?
  7. October 2020, Paper 1E, Q3 (20 marks): How accurate is it to say that the Soviet leadership’s hostility to religion remained remarkably consistent in the years 1917–85?
  8. June 2019, Paper 1E, Q3 (20 marks): How significant was state control of the mass media and propaganda in sustaining the Soviet regime in the years 1917-85?
  9. June 2018, Paper 1E, Q1 (20 marks): How accurate is it to say that Stalin’s use of terror in the 1930s was fundamentally similar to Lenin’s use of terror in the years 1918–24?
  10. June 2018, Paper 1E, Q3 (20 marks): How accurate is it to say that Soviet government restrictions on artistic and cultural expression remained unchanged in the years 1917–85?
  11. June 2017, Paper 1E, Q4 (20 marks): How significant was the role of the secret police in maintaining communist control in the years 1917–85?

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