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Lenin’s NEP

Lenin’s NEP. “War Communism”. Used by the Bolsheviks during the Civil War Gov. controlled all production and distribution of food and products Peasants forced to surrender grain surpluses Resistance to War Communism: Assault, torture, murder of officials charged with collecting grain

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Lenin’s NEP

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  1. Lenin’s NEP

  2. “War Communism” • Used by the Bolsheviks during the Civil War • Gov. controlled all production and distribution of food and products • Peasants forced to surrender grain surpluses • Resistance to War Communism: • Assault, torture, murder of officials charged with collecting grain • Agricultural production decreased Red Army patrol

  3. Help the Soviet economy recover from War Communism Return food and industrial production to pre- war levels Goals of Lenin’s NEP

  4. Lenin’s New Economic Policy • End of food seizures • Peasants turned over a percentage of crops, were free to sell the balance for profit • State retained control over major industries • Small business restored to private ownership • Large enterprises remained under government control Russian peasants

  5. Why was NEP Controversial? • It represented a modified form of capitalism • Allowed peasants to sell a portion of their crops for profit • Allowed small-scale manufacturing to function on a private basis

  6. Results of NEP • Overall economic recovery • Agricultural and industrial production increased • Russia began to recover from years of famine that followed the civil war • Standard of living improved • Ended armed resistance to the new government

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