History A-Level
Soviet exploitation and reparations
What Soviet exploitation and reparations means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Soviet exploitation and reparations
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From 1945 the USSR seized reparations from its zone, dismantling industry and extracting current production, which distorted the eastern economy before the GDR was founded in 1949.
Topics that use Soviet exploitation and reparations
- Establishing and consolidating communist rule in the GDR, c1949–61 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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