History A-Level
State control versus peasant autonomy
What State control versus peasant autonomy means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The tension between government direction of the peasantry and peasants' own independent action, seen across policies from the 1861 abolition to the post-1945 expansion of state farms.
Topics that use State control versus peasant autonomy
- Paper 3, Option 38.1: The making of modern Russia, 1855–1991 - 1 The changing status and condition of the peasantry (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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