“Explain How Far the Views in Source a Differ from Those in Source B on Impact of Industrialisation” 12 Marks

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A similarity between the two sources is that they both suggest everyone in the Soviet Union were involved in Indusrialisation. Source A says "all the soviet people" and source B says "The soviet union". This will be due to the fact that Industrialisation influence a large majority of people, such as peasants moving their life to the cities, projects such as Magnitogorsk, better education and rises in standards of living. Another similarity is that both sources concentrate on the impact that was placed on the people. Source A says that it was a “heroic struggle by all the soviet people” and source B says it had “tremendous human cost” which shows both the sources discussing the impact of Industrialistion on the people. However this could also be seen as a difference due to the fact that Source B suggests that it was a "heoroic struggle" and that it "gave focus for the peoples hopes and joy". This is suggesting that even though Industrilaisation was a struggle and was hard to get through the aim of the movement outweighed the negatives that seemed to arise, and it shines a positive light upon Industrialisation. This could be because the Industrial Revolution changed the ways by how the world produced its goods. During this time there were also many new technological advancements and life generally improved. However Source B seems to focus on the negatives of Industrialisation, which is made clear by the very first sentence of "At tremendous human cost" and refers to Industrialisation as a time of "social control, ruthless and cruel effects". This could be due to the fact that during Industrialisation caused many problems such as pollution increasing dramatically, working conditions were incredibly poor, and long and hard working days. People were moving into the cities and disease began to spread because of the overcrowded cities and the unsanitary living
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