Lenin's economic policy Flashcards
War communism- Reasons
Communist idea, step towards collectivisation and to feed workers and soldiers
Nationalisation
All industry with more than 10 workers, nationalised. Led by state and no private ownership of land
Government control
Labour armies
Communist Saturdays
1918: working hours extended to 11 hours
1919: work compulsory (16-50 years)
Private trade banned
Abolition money through hyperinflation. Trading made illegal and businesses taken by state
Requisitioning and rationing
Cheka seized 90% of grain
little ration for bourgeois
150,000 Cheka officers
How much did grain production fall during war communism
50%
How much did coal fall- War communism
70%
How much does industrial workforce fall
From 3 million (1917) to 1.2 million (1922)
How many died in the famine
6 million deaths
What was the level of 1921’s harvest
46% of that in 1913
What was level of industrial output in 1921
21% of that in 1913
Reasons for NEP
Opposition, end famine, build socialism
Agriculture in NEP
Left to free market, tax on land (requisitioning ended)
Industry NEP
Denationalised those with less than 20 workers, currency reintroduced to pay workers. Heavy industry still state-owned
Capitalism and mixed economy
Legalisation of private trading to stop black market
