History A-Level
Command economy and industrialisation
What Command economy and industrialisation means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Command economy and industrialisation
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Five-Year Plans that rapidly industrialised the nation, creating a formidable heavy industry base crucial for the impending war, though consumer goods remained severely neglected.
Topics that use Command economy and industrialisation
- 1H Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855–1964 – The emergence of Communist dictatorship, 1917–1941 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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