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What was the state of the economy when Lenin came to power?

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Russia was a long way behind the West and had been broken by World War One.

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What were Lenin’s main objectives for the economy?

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  • Modernisation
  • Stabilisation
  • Destruction of capitalism and inequality
  • Military victory
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When was State Capitalism introduced?

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March 1918

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How did Lenin bill State Capitalism?

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A midway stage between capitalism and socialism.

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What were the two main features of State Capitalism?

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  • Nationalisation of large-scale industry

- The establishment of the Vesenkha

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What was the Vesenkha?

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A team of experts charged with managing the economy

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What are three things that the Vesenkha did?

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  • Offered higher pay to productive workers
  • Employed well-paid specialists to control factories
  • It co-ordinated economic production
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When was War Communism introduced?

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At the beginning of the Civil War.

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What measures did War Communism include?

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  • Nationalisation of all industry
  • Grain requisitioning and rationing
  • An 11-hour working day was introduced
  • Work was made compulsory for able bodied men aged 16 to 50
  • Money and private trade were abolished
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Why was the requisitioning system unfair under War Communism?

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Soldiers in the Red Army received the most whereas the old bourgeoisie were left to starve.

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What was a positive outcome of War Communism?

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The Communists won the war

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What were two negative outcomes of War Communism?

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  • Harvest failed and famine ensued

- The urban workforce fell dramatically

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What was the 1921 harvest?

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Only 46% of that in 1913

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How many died in the famine?

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6 million

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What was the urban work force during the war? Why did it change?

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It fell from 2.6 million to 1.2 million as people headed for the countryside to scavenge for food

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16
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What does NEP stand for?

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New Economic Policy

17
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Why did Lenin introduce the NEP?

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  • He needed to retain his political power
  • Grain production needed boosting to end the famine
  • Wealth was required to industrialise, modernise and achieve socialism
18
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How did the NEP compromise with capitalism?

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  • Farming was left to a free market with requisitioning replaced by a tax in kind
  • Small businesses were denationalised and returned to their owners
  • Money was reintroduced
19
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What were three positive effects of the NEP?

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  • The famine ended as grain production rose
  • Industry revived
  • Smychka
20
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How did the NEP revive grain production?

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The free market encouraged the farmers to grow more.

21
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How much did grain output go up by under the NEP?

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It went from 37.61 million tons in 1921 to 76.8 million tons in 1926

22
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How did Lenin revive industry?

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The electrification campaign

23
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What was Smychka?

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An alliance of support for Lenin from workers and peasants.

24
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What were four disadvantages of the NEP?

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  • The scissors crisis
  • Small farms failed
  • NEPmen
  • Gambling, prostitution and drug dealing increased
25
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What was the scissors crisis?

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Industry recovered slower than agriculture. This meant that the price of crops fell while the price of industrial goods increased. This meant that farmers couldn’t afford them.

26
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How did the government deal with the scissors crisis?

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It intervened and forcibly cut the price of industrial goods by subsiding the prices.

27
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Who were NEPmen?

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Traders who grew rich by travelling the country selling rare goods

28
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Why was the Left of the party opposed to the NEP?

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They wanted collectivisation and total nationalisation.

29
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Who lead the left opposition to Lenin?

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Trotsky

30
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What was the name of Trotsky’s opposition to the NEP?

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The Dictatorship of Industry

31
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What would have been the potential effects of the Dictatorship of Industry?

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It would reach communism quickly but at the expense of peasant support.

32
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Who lead the right faction of the Party?

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Bukharin

33
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Why was the NEP popular with the right of the party?

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They thought it would slowly build socialism while maintaining social harmony.

34
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Why were some members of the right of the party cautious about the NEP?

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They feared capitalists would re-emerge and revolt.

35
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What was the right of the party’s slogan?

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Building socialism with capitalist hands

36
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Who was at the forefront of the centre of the party?

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Stalin

37
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What is another name given to the centre of the Party?

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The pragmatists

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