Starting point: Russia in 1645
Starting point: Russia in 1645
In 1645 Russia was a huge state ruled by the Tsar, who claimed autocratic power with few formal limits. Yet size did not mean easy control, because orders from Moscow had to travel across vast distances and depended on boyars, local officials, the Church and the army to be enforced.
Step-by-step lessons covering OCR A Level History Russia 1645–1741 for A Level History. Each lesson works through exam-style questions in Unit group 1, Unit group 2 and Unit group 3, plus the Y100 non-exam assessment format. Build a secure grasp of the outline narrative for your breadth and depth periods first, since the source-evaluation and historical-interpretations questions that carry a large share of the marks depend on that contextual knowledge.
