Ideological divisions
What Ideological divisions means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Growing divisions within global communism, shown by communist parties in France and Italy criticising Soviet actions and by Romania and Yugoslavia voicing disapproval.
Bukharin's strong support for the NEP alienated radical party members, and Kamenev and Zinoviev had opposed Lenin's timing of the 1917 revolution.
Topics that use Ideological divisions
- Option 30: Key topic 3: Stalin’s rise to power and dictatorship, 1924–41 - 1 The struggle for power, 1924–28 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option P4: Key topic 2: Cold War crises, 1958–70 - 3 Reaction to crisis (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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