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History of the Soviet Union

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Category: DANTES Subject Standardized Test (DSST)
Number of Questions: 313

Study Format: Fill-in-the-blank flashcards
ACE Recommended Exam Value: 3 upper-level credit hours

Course Overview

The History of the Soviet Union DSST exam covers the material that would typically be taught in an undergraduate upper-level course on Soviet history. InstantCert's course for this subject starts with a quick background history of Russia, then moves on to an in-depth look at the formation and history of the Soviet Union, and finally, its collapse.

Topics Covered in This Course

Russia Under the Old Regime

Governing Institutions
Economics
Culture and Society
The Empire
Revolutionary movements

The Revolutionary Period 1914-1921

The First World War
February/March Revolution
Interim
Bolshevik Revolution
Civil War

New Economic Policy (NEP)

Economics
Struggle for power
Foreign relations
Cultural experimentation

Prewar Stalinism

Collectivization
Industrialization
Reign of terror
Cultural regimentation

The Second World War

Prewar foreign relations
The war

Postwar Stalinism

Domestic affairs
Foreign affairs

The Khrushchev Years

Succession struggle
De-Stalinization
Foreign affairs

The Brezhnev Era

Growth and stagnation
Political scene: stability, corruption, dissent

Reform and Collapse

Perestroika and glasnos
Retreat from Eastern Europe
End of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Customer Test Results for the History of the Soviet Union DSST

204 users submitted test results since January, 2009
202 of those users reported a passing score (99%)

The following are a sample of the test results submitted by members who’ve taken the History of the Soviet Union DSST exam after using InstantCert’s study program. These are unfiltered, unedited results and this list is automatically updated to show the ten most recent results:

July 7, 2017	User passed	with a score of	445 out of 500
June 19, 2017	User passed	with a score of	421 out of 500
October 20, 2016	User passed	with a score of	438 out of 500
September 28, 2016	User passed	with a score of	419 out of 500
August 29, 2016	User passed	with a score of	422 out of 500
August 26, 2016	User passed	with a score of	440 out of 500
August 25, 2016	User passed	with a score of	443 out of 500
June 29, 2016	User passed	with a score of	433 out of 500
June 29, 2016	User passed	with a score of	433 out of 500
June 6, 2016	User passed	with a score of	47 out of 80

Free Sample Questions For The History of the Soviet Union Dantes

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Related Exams with Overlapping Subject Matter

History of the Soviet Union does not have a significant amount of overlap with any of the other CLEP or DSST exams.