Lenin economy Flashcards
State capitalism
It was a transitional stage between capitalism and socialism needed because of the revolution coming early in Russia
the Bolsheviks didn’t have the power or expertise to create a fully socialist economic system
Lenin therefore resisted those in the party who pushed for it
again showing his pragmatism or the ideology
Decree on land what date
October 1917
Decree on land
Linked to Lenin‘s promise of the land in the April thesis
however was more of an acknowledgement of the peasants were seizing land rather than active redistribution of land
Workers control
Again simply acknowledging the reality across the country as workers took control of the factories
four times more were seized by the workers than the government
the workers tended to do things like give themselves big pay rises and have themselves to stock and machines
they often lack the knowledge and skills to run the factories and production plummeted
Veshenka
Council of the National economy job was to oversee economic development
little effect
but did set up the special commission that set up national system for generating electricity
Problems and pressure during Lenin economy
inflation
ration of Petrograd
pressure within the party group for greater socialist reforms
Spring 1918° in crisis - war communism
The mass shortage of grain in spring lead to learning taking radical action in terms of food requisitioning forcefully taking produce of the farmers
detachment of soldiers and workers went into the countryside
and ensured produce was delivered to the state they also often help themselves
farmers were payed a fixed price but often left with very little
had little motivation therefore to grow crops production film
War communism ideology or pragmatism
Appears that Lenin made the change due to the extreme circumstances of the Civil War rather than a shift in ideology
however centralisation and nationalisation certainly pitted with socialist principles
certainly little care seem to be a place of conditions of ordinary people
Callux on the war communism
Wealthy peasants who have flourished under the czarist system
treated as enemies of the people
are liable to have the entire crop seized
War communism nationalisation
Banks ironworks railways power companies and all businesses in 1920 were all nationalised
but expert the professional managers who had been thrown out of their jobs by the workers were brought back in
Strict controls during the war communism
Strong discipline in the factories
longer working days
wages were replaced with workbooks
internal passports were brought
trying to escape the cities in search of food the population of Petrograd Moscow halved
Tambov
The disastrous economic policies led to opposition and revolt the Tambo revolt 70,000 peasant army
against the red armies requisition squad red Army use poison gas 100,000 troops deployed
Martial law
Used to suppressed unrest in the cities
as bread Russian was cut
and workers protesting against the treatment when soldiers refuted crush demonstrations
The Checka did
Kronstadt
Sent a manifesto to Lenin in 1921 demanding better treatment of workers and end of the one-party rule
New economic policy
The need for change was clear following the events of 1921 Lennon again Subverted ideology for pragmaticism
Gosplan State general planning commission
suggested a new economic policy
allowing private ownership private trade and profit
companies had to pay workers out of their profits
 The NEP led to an end in rationing and requisitioning
farmers were free to sell the surplus and agricultural production rose
