War Communism

Question 1

Main features

Answer 1

◇ Banning private trade
◇ Rationing
◇ Grain requisitioning
◇ Labour discipline
◇ Nationalisation of industry

Question 2

Why did Lenin introduce WC

Answer 2

There was mass migration from the cities to the countryside where there was more food creating a smaller workforce which meant less war supplies

Question 3

How did the population in the cities change from 1917 to 1919?

Answer 3

It went from 3.6 million to 1.4 million people

Question 4

Advantages of WC

Answer 4

Aids winning the war
Improved production
Internal passpirts provided method control
Cheka met quotas for grain
The cheka made 13 000 arrests
Red terror led to the removal of opposition

Question 5

Failures of WC

Answer 5

A lack of consumer goods led to the rise of the black market

Wages were at 2% of their 1913 levels

Peasants violently fought back against grain requisitioning

Peasants starved

Lenin failed to instigate conflict between the kulaks and other peasants

Assasination attempt on Lenin