1. Key features and challenges of Tsarist rule in Russia (1905–1914) 2. Main opposition movements against Tsarist rule (1914–1917) 3. Role and impact of the Provisional Government and the Bolshevik Revolution 4. How the Bolsheviks consolidated power and the effects of the Russian Civil War 5. Implementation and consequences of War Communism and the New Economic Policy (NEP)