Ideological purity
What Ideological purity means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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The NEP's tolerance of capitalist Nepmen and private trade contradicted Marxist principles, which Stalin sought to replace with a fully socialist command economy.
Mao's obsession with the purification of communism, fearing that the Chinese Communist Party was becoming bureaucratic and corrupt.
Topics that use Ideological purity
- Option 30: Key topic 4: Economic and social changes, 1924–41 - 2 Changes in industry (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Option 32: Key topic 3: The Cultural Revolution and its aftermath, 1966–76 - 1 Reasons for the Cultural Revolution (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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