Collective leadership
What Collective leadership means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The initial arrangement that emerged after Stalin's death, featuring key contenders such as Malenkov, Beria, Molotov and Khrushchev.
The form of leadership officially favoured by the Bolsheviks over a single heir, as there was no formal succession process.
Topics that use Collective leadership
- 2N Revolution and dictatorship: Russia, 1917–1953 – Stalin’s rise to power, 1924–1929 (AQA A-Level)
- 2T The Crisis of Communism: The USSR and the Soviet Empire, 1953–2000 (A-level only) – De-Stalinisation, 1953–1964 (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Power vacuum
- Cultural Thaw
- De-Stalinisation
- Decentralisation
- Economic centralisation
- Economic reform
- Leadership Style
- Lenin's Testament
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