History GCSE
Dual Power
What Dual Power means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Dual Power
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A sharing of power between the unelected Provisional Government and the Petrograd Soviet, which limited the government's authority.
Topics that use Dual Power
- Option 30: Key topic 1: The revolutions of 1917 - 3 The Provisional Government (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Dual Control
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- Kerensky
- Land reforms
- Military intervention
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