History A-Level
Social class and hierarchy
What Social class and hierarchy means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Social class and hierarchy
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The shift from a rigid Tsarist hierarchy to a supposedly classless Soviet society, including the Tsarist estate system, the Soviet proletariat and the nomenklatura.
Topics that use Social class and hierarchy
- 1H Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855–1964 – consequence in this period through the following key questions: (AQA A-Level)
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