History A-Level
Party congress and faction ban
What Party congress and faction ban means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The Tenth Party Congress of March 1921 banned factions within the party, ending internal debate, while the Kronstadt rebellion was crushed.
Topics that use Party congress and faction ban
- Communist government in the USSR, 1917–85 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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