History A-Level
Economic transition and crisis
What Economic transition and crisis means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Economic transition and crisis
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Yeltsin implemented 'shock therapy' policies that caused hyperinflation and social hardship, and by 2000 the economy was devastated by the 1998 crash but recovering via oil exports.
Topics that use Economic transition and crisis
- 2T The Crisis of Communism: The USSR and the Soviet Empire, 1953–2000 (A-level only) – The Gorbachev Revolution, 1985–2000 (AQA A-Level)
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