AQA GCSE History · 8145
Paper 1
Revise: Impact of Lenin's DictatorshipRed Terror targeted alleged enemies of the revolution. The war therefore involved repression and civilian suffering as well as battlefield campaigns.
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GCSE History · key term
The organised campaign of Bolshevik political repression launched in 1918, involving arrests, executions and intimidation of suspected enemies.
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Paper 1
Revise: Impact of Lenin's DictatorshipRed Terror targeted alleged enemies of the revolution. The war therefore involved repression and civilian suffering as well as battlefield campaigns.
Paper 3
The Bolshevik campaign of arrests, executions, hostage-taking and imprisonment against perceived enemies, launched in autumn 1918.
Revise: Moves Towards TotalitarianismThe Red Terror, launched in autumn 1918, was a campaign of mass arrests, executions, hostage-taking and imprisonment against people labelled enemies of the revolution.
Violence and intimidation used against alleged enemies during the Cultural Revolution, including humiliation, torture and murder.
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