History A-Level

Autocracy and dissent

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Challenges to autocratic authority came from movements ranging from peasant uprisings to elite conspiracies, which the state sought to suppress.

AQA · 1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796 (A-level only) – consequence in this period through the following key questions: (study guide)

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1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796 (A-level only) – consequence in this period through the following key questions: (AQA A-Level)

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