History A-Level
Autocracy and succession
What Autocracy and succession means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Elizabeth seized power in 1741 through a bloodless palace coup supported by the Preobrazhensky Guards, ending the turbulent rule of Anna Leopoldovna.
Topics that use Autocracy and succession
- 1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796 (A-level only) – The epoch of palace coups, 1725–1762 (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Disputed successions
- Institutional reform
- Popular rebellion
- Preobrazhensky Regiment
- Serfdom and oppression
- Socio-economic inequality
- Supreme State Council
- The Service State
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