History A-Level
Leadership of the secret police
What Leadership of the secret police means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Leadership of the secret police
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The roles of Yagoda in the early purges, Yezhov in the Great Terror and Beria in wartime and post-war security.
Topics that use Leadership of the secret police
- Control of the people, 1917–85 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Attacks on religious beliefs and practices
- Continuity and change in control methods
- Continuity and change in cultural policy
- Ideology and cultural production
- Propaganda
- Repression and terror
- Resistance and conformity
- State control versus artistic freedom
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