22 - War Communism, New Economic Policy And The Five-Year Plans Flashcards
What did Lenin say that “Soviets + Electrification” equals? What did he want to modernise to show this equation worked?
“Communism”
Russia
What type of ownership had Lenin abolished in 1917? What control did he recognise of the workers?
Private ownership
Their control of factories
What did the workers’ control of factories legitimise?
Actions in cities and countrysides
Why did Lenin increase state intervention for the workers? What fell as a result?
They weren’t experienced enough
Production
What did peasants horde under heavy state intervention? Why?
Grain
Fewer industrial goods were for sale
What was a basic human right necessary for the success of the Civil War? What Communism did this begin?
Workers and soldiers were fed
War Communism
Why were Kulaks mostly targeted by requisitioning squads? What kind of “enemies” were they?
They had more grain to extract
“Class enemies”
Where were factories nationalised? What hours were extended?
Cities
Working hours
What was issued to stop workers leaving cities for food?
Internal passports
Who won the Civil War? What did they fail to increase?
Bolsheviks
Factory production
How much had industrial output decreased from 1914-21?
20%
What did peasants resist in countrysides? What did they grow less of?
Food requisitioning
Grain
What did many peasants destroy of their own to survive in countrysides? How many died partially because of this?
Livestock
Millions
What 3 things had spread around the Soviet Union by 1922?
Famine
Disease
Strikes
What revolts were widespread in Russia? What particular revolt was significantly alarming for the government?
Peasant revolts
Kronstadt sailors uprising