_— —<_———————— MINISTRY OF EDUCATION N /\ in collaboration with ent UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE General Certificate of Education Normal (Academic) Level COMBINED HUMANITIES (HISTORY ELECTIVE) 2193/03 Paper 8 History Elective: 20th Century World History, 1910-1991 ‘September/October 2011 1 hour 30 minutes ‘Additional Materials: Answer Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, index number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use a soft pencil for any rough working Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE ON ANY BARCODES. Section A Answer all parts of Question 1 Section B ‘Answer one question. ‘Write all answers on the answer paper provided. ‘At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. ‘The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. @UCLES & MOE 2011 [Turn over ringed nd publahed by Sngabore Asis Pushers Pe td forthe Srgapae Examinabons and Assosumet Board trom the Chanestlor, Masers and Scholars ofthe Unvarsty of Cambridge (acing ip wh the Covert ef Sngeoar (ening PwOUGh te Trent he everstyof cambragehralonl Examinations Syngas} ethers. or Mine of Eduoston, Singers), (20111 N(A) Combined Humanities (History Elective)Section A (Source-Based Case Study) ‘Question 1 is compulsory for all candidates. ‘Study the Background Information and the sources carefully, and then answer all the questions. You may use any of the sources to help you answer the questions, in addition to those sources you are told to use. In answering the questions you should use your knowledge of the topic to help you interpret and evaluate the sources. 1 @ (b) () @) Study Source A. Does this source prove that Stalin was a great man? Explain your answer. (5 Study Source B. ‘Source B is just a joke, Does this mean itis no use as evidence about Stalin's Russia? Explain your answer. 16) Study Source C. ‘Are you surprised by this confession? Explain your answer. vl Study Sources D and E, How similar are these two posters as evidence about Stalin's Russia? Explain your answer, using details of the sources. Tl © UCLES & MOE 2011 Printed and pushed by Singapore Asa Pushers Po Ltd (2011)2 NAA) Combined Humanities (History Elective)Pr BACKGR« Read this Was Stalin a Brutal Dictator or a Great Leader? OUND INFORMATION carefully. may help you answer some of the questions. During the 1930s, Stalin established total personal control over the Soviet Union. The purges removed anyone who was suspected of disloyalty. The secret police arrested and murdered thousands of people. Millions died in famines caused by his policy of collectivisation. Yet many Russians still regarded Stalin {as a great man who was turning the Soviet Union into a powerful, modern state. Was Stalin ust a brutal dictator, or was he a great leader of his country? Source A former manager of a collective farm remembering Stalin in 1967. Source One day, Stal | was in love with that man and | love him stil. The day he died ! wept lke a baby. | loved him for his mind, his manliness and especially his courage. He was the one person great ‘enough to keep the Soviet Union together after Lenin's death. It was for him that we worked. and sacrificed and died. He was a genius of his time, ; A Soviet joke from the 1930s. lost his pipe. Stalin phoned the secret police and demanded they find his pipe immediately. Two hours later, Stalin found his pipe behind the sofa. He phoned the seoret police again, and they told him that they had arrested ten people in their attempts to find the pipe. When Stalin told them to release the men as he had found his pipe, the secret police officer replied, ‘But, Comrade Stalin, seven of them have already confessed. ‘Source C: From the confession of Bukharin, one of the Communist Party leaders, given at his show trial in 1938. | consider myself responsible both politically and legally for sabotage activities, although personally ! do not remember having given any orders for such activities. | have become an enemy of society, guilty of treason, of organising kulak uprisings, and preparing terrorist, acts. My confession is perfectly voluntary. My execution will be a severe lesson to those Joyal to the Soviet Union and its leadershi © UCLES & MOE 2011 Priniod end published by Singapore Ala Publishers Pte Lis (2o11)3 (A) Combined Humanities (History Elective)Source D: Source E: A French poster of Stalin from the 1930s. AA Soviet poster showing Stalin planning an irrigation project. The caption says ‘We will defeat drought too.’ WM 3ACYXY NOBEAUM! ar 2 see @UCLES & MOE 2011 Printed ana published by Singapore Aa Publishers Pre Lis (2011)4 N(A) Combined Humanities (History Elective)