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History of the Soviet Union

Provider
Prometric
Format
Multiple-choice; one correct answer and three incorrect options per question.
Exam questions
Total questions: 100.
Time limit
2 hours
Passing score
400 is the ACE credit recommendation minimum; the receiving institution determines credit acceptance.
Examination outline
  • The Russian Empire (1860-1914) (10%)
    • Governing Institutions
    • Economics
    • Culture and society
    • Foreign Affairs
    • Revolutionary movements
  • Russia in War and Revolutions, 1914-1922 (12%)
    • The First World War
    • February revolution
    • Provisional Government/ Dual Power
    • October revolution
    • Civil war
  • Early Soviet History from 1922 - 1928 (5%)
    • New Economic Policy (NEP) and 5-Year State Plan of Action
    • Nationalities
    • Foreign Relations
  • Early Stalinism 1929 - 1939 (10%)
    • Collectivization
    • Industrialization
    • The Great Terror
    • Culture
    • Nationalities
  • The Second World War (12%)
    • Prewar foreign relations
    • The course of the war
    • The impact and experience of the war
    • Wartime Diplomacy and Conclusion of the War
  • Postwar Stalinism (10%)
    • Reconstruction
    • Origin of the Cold War
    • Reconsolidation
    • Foreign Relations
  • The Khrushchev Years (12%)
    • Succession struggle
    • De-Stalinization and rehabilitation
    • Relations with U.S.
    • Rift with China
    • Foreign Relations and Proxy wars
    • Economy and social change under Khrushchev
  • The Brezhnev Era (11%)
    • Reforms and "Stagnation"
    • Ideological dissent
    • Détente
    • Proxy wars in the Third World
    • War in Afghanistan
  • Reform and Collapse Under Gorbachev (18%)
    • Foreign Policy and External Pressures
    • Perestroika and glasnost
    • Reemergence of the nationalities issue
    • End of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
    • Post- Soviet Russia
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