History A-Level
Protest and repression
What Protest and repression means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Protest and repression
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The July Days saw armed demonstrations in Petrograd which the government suppressed, blaming the Bolsheviks and forcing Lenin into hiding.
Topics that use Protest and repression
- The Provisional government and its opponents, February– October 1917 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Bolshevik strategy
- Bolshevik strategy and growth
- Dual power
- Economic and social unrest
- Kornilov affair
- Legitimacy and authority
- Liberal reform
- Political crisis
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