History A-Level
Popular opposition and state repression
What Popular opposition and state repression means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Popular opposition and state repression
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Opposition included strikes, sabotage and the June 1953 rising, triggered by raised work norms, which was crushed by Soviet troops.
Topics that use Popular opposition and state repression
- Establishing and consolidating communist rule in the GDR, c1949–61 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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