History A-Level
Political dissent and state repression
What Political dissent and state repression means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Pressures for change from political dissidents and protest, including Andrei Sakharov and Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and the reaction of the regime.
Topics that use Political dissent and state repression
- 2T The Crisis of Communism: The USSR and the Soviet Empire, 1953–2000 (A-level only) – Years of Stagnation, 1964–1985 (AQA A-Level)
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- Bureaucratic conservatism
- Détente and diplomacy
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- Elite privilege
- Generational shifts within the Soviet leadership
- Political stagnation
- Social inequality
- The arms race
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