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war communism 1918-21
- what was it
- harsh restrictive economic measures
- why?
- wanted to move away from the
system of state capitalism. To
bring industry and agriculture
under central control
- wanted to move away from the
system of state capitalism. To
bring industry and agriculture
under central control
- why?
- harsh restrictive economic measures
- effects on industry
- by having the
- the cheka
- state police force,
awnsersable to lenin ulimited
powers of arrest, detention
and torture.
- Lenin could start Centralisation -the
concentration of political and
economic power at the cebtre
- state police force,
awnsersable to lenin ulimited
powers of arrest, detention
and torture.
- the red army
- established in 1918, trotskys
achievement it was the means by which
the Bolsheviks imposed their authority on
the population at large
- established in 1918, trotskys
achievement it was the means by which
the Bolsheviks imposed their authority on
the population at large
- the cheka
- infiltration of workers'
committees increased
Bolshevik influence
- helped prepare the way for the Decree on
Nationalisation in june 1918- laid down a
programme for the takeover by the state of
the larger industrial concerns
- helped prepare the way for the Decree on
Nationalisation in june 1918- laid down a
programme for the takeover by the state of
the larger industrial concerns
- imposed at a time of
sever industrial disruption,
mainly due to the war and
made worse by the civil
war.
- factories deprived of
man power. the
population dropped by
half between 1918 and
1921
- conscription into
the army
- those who left in
search of food or to
escape the civil war
- evidence: coal in million
tones dropped from 29
in 1913 to 8.9 in 1921
and steel in million tones
dropped from 4.3 in
1913 to 0.18 in 1921
- conscription into
the army
- the government
continuing to print
currency
destroyed the
value.
- factories deprived of
man power. the
population dropped by
half between 1918 and
1921
- war communism tighten the
Bolshevik grip on industry,
didn't lead to economic growth
- by having the
- effects on agriculture
- for lenin main purpose was to tighten
cotroll over agriculture and force
peasants to provide more food
- peasants resisted to
central government. the
peasants saw no point in
producing food untill the
government, the main
grain purchaser was
willing to pay for it.
- grain requisitioning
- cheka requisition squads were sent
into the country sides to take the
grain by force
- lenin gave instructions that 100 kulaks were to
be hung in public in order to terrify the
population.
- food became less available knowing it
would just be taken away, they only
produced for them and their familys
- bolsheviks believed it was due
to the peasants hoarding the
grain which wasn't true
- bolsheviks believed it was due
to the peasants hoarding the
grain which wasn't true
- food became less available knowing it
would just be taken away, they only
produced for them and their familys
- lenin gave instructions that 100 kulaks were to
be hung in public in order to terrify the
population.
- cheka requisition squads were sent
into the country sides to take the
grain by force
- grain requisitioning
- famine
- the combination of grain requisitioning and
drought and the general disruption of war.
- 1921: 1 in 5 were starving
- harvest produced less than
half the amount
- 1921: 1 in 5 were starving
- matters became desperate, number of countries supplied
Russia with aid. the USA provided food for some 10 million
russians.
- came too late, of the 10 million that died
during the civil war half starved to death
- came too late, of the 10 million that died
during the civil war half starved to death
- the combination of grain requisitioning and
drought and the general disruption of war.
- for lenin main purpose was to tighten
cotroll over agriculture and force
peasants to provide more food
- the end of war
communism
- as a short term measure the
policy had produced results that
lenin wanted, but its severity had
increased Bolshevik unpopularity
- the failure in economy to recover and the scale of
the famine led him to consider alternative polcies.
- war communism damages
industrial and food
production
- made it to an extension of the terror
- as a short term measure the
policy had produced results that
lenin wanted, but its severity had
increased Bolshevik unpopularity
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