Economic policies Flashcards
What is state capitalism?
It was a halfway house to socialism and capitalism, a way to make the economics of Russia better so it can move onto socialism and prosper in it
What happened in state capitalism?
- Russian banks (1917) and railways (1918) were nationalised
- The Veschenka was established
- The GOELRO which formed in 1920 to organise he production and distribution of electricity across Russia
What was the issue politically in state capitalism?
Many Bolsheviks didn’t like it because it was seen as a halfway and a compromise to Socialism
What was the issue in state capitalism with factories?
Factories that went to workers had products dropped because the workers lacked the necessary management skills
What was the issue in state capitalism with peasants?
Allowing peasants have control over the selling of grain meant higher prices, but state-controlled industries needed cheap grain so that workers did not have to be paid higher wages
What was the issue in the civil war with falling industrial production?
Factory supplies were disrupted by strikes, so the drop in products caused a rise in prices and inflation.
The loss of men being conscripted into the Red Army meant that more production loss and peasants had less product to buy so sold less grain and hoarded it more
What was the issue in the civil war with food shortages in the cities?
Agricultural regions were lost in the Treaty of Brest Litovsk, and trade blockages and peasant hoarding meant that less grain could be spread around Russia. Many people sued the black market for food
What was the issue in the civil war with fighting in the countryside?
Peasants could grow the food they needed to live on, so they were often better off that urban workers, but they were more likely to be attacked by both Red and White forces
How much was the bread ration in Petrograd in 1918?
50 grams per person per day
How many people died in the Civil War because of starvation and disease?
5 million
What was war communism?
The Bolsheviks introduced it in 1918 to ensure the Red Army was supplied with munitions and food
What happened with War Communism in nationalisation?
By November 1920, nearly all factories and businesses had been nationalised and private trade and manufacture was banned
What was the Food Supplies Dictatorship?
The Food Supplies Dictatorship was set up in May 1918, which organise the requisitioning of peasants grain to feed the Red Army and workers in cities
What happened to peasant wages in war communism?
Peasants were supposed to be paid a fixed price for their grain in exchange for low-value vouchers instead of money to be exchanged at a later date. bvvvvv
What changed with the Workers Decree?
The workers decree was abolished and the workers soviets were abolished
What happened to discipline in workers in War Communism?
Workers had fines in placed for slackness, lateness and absenteeism
