History A-Level
Collapse of Soviet authority
What Collapse of Soviet authority means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The effects included a loss of ideological legitimacy, fragmentation of the party and the rise of alternative power centres, culminating in the 1991 coup and the USSR’s dissolution.
Topics that use Collapse of Soviet authority
- What explains the fall of the USSR, c1985–91? (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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