History A-Level
Literacy and modernisation
What Literacy and modernisation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Literacy and modernisation
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The reduction of illiteracy through mass literacy campaigns such as likbez, following a largely illiterate population inherited by the Bolsheviks.
Topics that use Literacy and modernisation
- Social developments, 1917–85 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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